AAP joins other US creative industries urging the US government for sustained engagement with China and Canada - February 9, 2016
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) joined with other US creative industries, whose products and services are protected by copyright laws, to ask the US government for sustained engagement with Canada and China, among other markets. The submission by the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) on… Read More
ProQuest partners with St. Andrews University to advance early modern area research - February 9, 2016
ProQuest is collaborating with the Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC) at St. Andrews University in Scotland to leverage the USTC to improve access and discoverability of materials essential to researchers of the early modern era. USTC is a fast-growing, online analytical database of books published… Read More
Wolters Kluwer experts to discuss ICD-10 lessons learned and best practices in upcoming complimentary webinar - February 9, 2016
The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced that medical informatics experts from Health Language® will host a complimentary webinar to discuss best practices and lessons learned from the industry's mammoth transition… Read More
Pure Earth to preserve e-journals with Portico - February 9, 2016
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that Pure Earth will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that they will be secure and available into the future. Pure Earth is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to solving pollution problems in low- and middle-income countries, where human health… Read More
Elsevier wins eight PROSE Awards categories, including Award for Excellence, and nine honorable mentions - February 8, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that it has won top honours in eight 2016 PROSE Awards categories, including a PROSE Award for Excellence, and nine honourable mentions. The 40th annual PROSE Awards - the American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence - were presented… Read More
ITHAKA S+R releases new report on costs of publishing scholarly monographs - February 8, 2016
AAUP heralds ITHAKA S+R's publication of 'The Costs of Publishing Monographs: Towards a Transparent Methodology.' The study, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and conducted by Nancy Maron and Kimberly Schmelzinger, developed a ground-up, activity-based methodology for… Read More
