The Max Planck Society secures access to 110,000 books from almost 170 years of publishing history for its researchers - February 11, 2014
STM publisher Springer has announced that the Max Planck Society has bought the entire Springer Book Archives (SBA) consisting of 110,000 individual titles. The purchase gives staff in 82 Max Planck institutes in Germany direct online access to the retro-digitised books via the SpringerLink platform (
McGraw-Hill Education acquires Area9 - February 7, 2014
Digital learning company McGraw-Hill Education, US, has acquired Area9 Aps, an adaptive learning company, which the company has partnered with to deliver personalised learning experiences through technology since 2007. In January 2013, McGraw-Hill Education purchased a 20 percent equity stake in Area9. The latest agreement covers… Read More
ProQuest Statistical Abstract named SIIA Content CODiE award winner for Best General Reference Service - February 7, 2014
ProQuest® Statistical Abstract of the United States is the winner of the 2014 SIIA CODiE Content Award for Best General Reference Service. Representing the information industry's best products and technologies, this solution is a comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organisation of… Read More
Baker & Taylor and LightSail partner to improve K-12 literacy technology - February 6, 2014
Baker & Taylor, a distributor of digital and physical books, has announced its exclusive partnership with LightSail Education to provide its vast portfolio of digital books and robust KnowledgePoint content management solutions to LightSail's groundbreaking K-12 digital literacy platform. The new integrated solution will ensure… Read More
AIP Publishing and Publishing Technology launch next generation of AIP’s Scitation site - February 6, 2014
AIP Publishing LLC, a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), and Publishing Technology have launched the next generation of AIP's Scitation site, serving hundreds of thousands of scientists worldwide. Launched on a new custom platform developed using Publishing Technology's… Read More
Thomson Reuters launches Cortellis Data Fusion to address big data challenges - February 5, 2014
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of Cortellis Data Fusion, an addition to the Thomson Reuters Cortellis suite, a comprehensive information solution for drug discovery and development. Cortellis Data Fusion utilises linked data technologies – frameworks that allow content… Read More
