Wolters Kluwer completes acquisition of Emmi - November 18, 2016
Wolters Kluwer Health has completed the acquisition of Emmi Solutions for a total net consideration of $170 million (€158 million) in cash following termination of the waiting period under the U.S. Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. The agreement to acquire Emmi was originally announced on… Read More
Eastern Michigan University Library becomes first institution to integrate Alma and Summon - November 18, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that Eastern Michigan University (EMU) is adopting the Ex Libris Alma® library management service to replace the university library's Voyager® integrated library system, which EMU has been using for nearly 20 years. EMU, which runs the ProQuest Summon®… Read More
U-M Library and Knowledge Unlatched survey to focus on the scalability of OA monographs in the humanities and social sciences - November 18, 2016
In June 2016 the University of Michigan Library (U-M Library) and Knowledge Unlatched (KU) began a collaboration 'to study and overcome remaining obstacles to the spread of Open Access (OA) scholarly publishing in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS).' One of the products of this partnership… Read More
CHORUS adds GeoScienceWorld as its 50th member - November 18, 2016
Non-profit organisation CHORUS has announced that GeoScienceWorld has joined CHORUS as its 50th member. CHORUS' diverse membership includes medical, science, and humanities publishers, both commercial and not-for-profit, with both Open Access and subscription titles, as well as publishing platforms and industry… Read More
Collaboration between British and EU scientists increased over the four years prior to the UK’s Brexit vote, reports Nature Index - November 17, 2016
According to the Nature Index, collaboration between British and EU scientists increased over the four years prior to the UK's Brexit vote. The index's data show that, on average, cross-channel partnerships were producing 26% more high-quality research in 2015 than in 2012, with the average collaboration… Read More
CENDI, NFAIS, RDA/US, National Academies Board on Research Data and Information to host one-day conference on The Internet of Things - November 17, 2016
CENDI, NFAIS, Research Data Alliance/US (RDA/US) and the National Academies' Board on Research Data and Information will host a one-day conference on "The Internet of Things: Impacting Scientific Data and Information Flows," on December 9, 2016 in Washington, DC. This event,… Read More
