Springer and the Scottish Higher Education Digital Library Consortium sign licensing agreement - June 5, 2012
STM publisher Springer and the Scottish Higher Education Digital Library Consortium (SHEDL) recently signed an agreement for access to electronic journal subscriptions and eBooks on Springer’s platform SpringerLink. Every SHEDL member will now have access to an enormous database of content consisting of nearly 2,000… Read More
Impelsys unveils iPublishCentral 4.0 at BEA 2012 - June 5, 2012
Electronic content delivery solutions provider Impelsys, US, has unveiled the latest version of its digital publishing software platform at BookExpo America (BEA) 2012 in New York City. iPublishCentral is a comprehensive platform that allows publishers to warehouse, deliver, distribute, market and… Read More
Global submission rates for academic journals at their highest level in six years, says new report - June 5, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science division of Thomson Reuters has released a new report affirming global submission rates for academic journals are at their highest level in six years. The ScholarOne Manuscripts report, Global Publishing: Changes in submission trends and the impact on scholarly publishers,… Read More
Ingram’s Vital Source becomes first e-textbook solution provider to deliver support for the EPUB 3 standard - June 5, 2012
Vital Source Technologies, Inc., an Ingram Content Group company, has implemented support for the EPUB 3 standard in its flagship Bookshelf platform. With this move, the company becomes the first e-textbook solution provider to deliver support for the latest version of the open industry standard. … Read More
MP John Hayes launches JISC’s new accessibility tools - June 4, 2012
The UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced the launch of two new TechDis tools as part of the work to improve access to education for all abilities. The tools were launched by John Hayes MP, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong… Read More
Lawsuit against Google Book Search gets class action status in US - June 4, 2012
A federal judge in Manhattan recently granted class-action status to authors suing Internet search services provider Google, US, over the company’s book-scanning project. The judge, allowing the long-stalled case to move forward, ruled that three individual authors and the Author's Guild could represent the class of… Read More
