HighWire launches Folio eBooks product at Frankfurt Book Fair - October 9, 2013
HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, has announced the launch of Folio, its new eBooks product, showcasing the library release of the e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Built on the HighWire Open Platform, Folio is a flexible e-book… Read More
The Charlesworth Group announces collaboration with the Brazilian Scientific Electronic Library Online Network (SciELO) - October 9, 2013
The Charlesworth Group has announced an agreement with SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online) to provide highly customisable XML-based typesetting solutions to the SciELO portfolio of journals. SciELO, one of the world's leading proponents of Open Access publishing, has selected The Charlesworth Group to support its… Read More
Jisc signs framework agreement with Google Apps for Education - October 9, 2013
Janet, part of the Jisc group, whose primary purpose is to provide network infrastructure and related services for schools, colleges and universities in the UK, has announced a major framework agreement with Google Apps for Education. The agreement will make it easier… Read More
World Scientific Publishing to preserve e-books with Portico - October 9, 2013
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that World Scientific Publishing has entered into an agreement to preserve its e-books. World Scientific Publishing has preserved its e-journals with Portico since 2010. Portico is a digital preservation service for e-journals, e-books, and other scholarly e-content. The Portico… Read More
C&E Publishing selects Vital Source to expand the reach of content digitally to students and educators in the Philippines - October 9, 2013
Vital Source Technologies, Inc., an Ingram Content Group company, has announced that C&E Publishing, Inc., a textbook and educational materials publisher and leading distributor of foreign books in the Philippines, has selected Vital Source to expand the reach of content digitally to students and educators in… Read More
Scopus indexes first 7,500 book titles as part of its Book Titles Expansion program - October 9, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Scopus has indexed the first 7,500 book titles as part of its Book Titles Expansion program. By 2015, an estimated 75,000 book titles will be indexed. The inclusion of book titles adds to the more than 50 million records… Read More
