American Mathematical Society partners with CCC to automate permissions requests using RightsLink - November 19, 2014
Global licensing and content solutions organisation Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has announced that the American Mathematical Society (AMS) has implemented CCC's RightsLink®, a technology solution that allows visitors to the AMS website to license content quickly and easily. AMS is a publisher of mathematics books,… Read More
University of Rhode Island opts for Ex Libris library solutions - November 19, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Rhode Island (URI) has selected the Ex Libris Alma library management service along with the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution to replace multiple homegrown and commercial systems. Housing extensive physical,… Read More
Macmillan Distribution goes live with new subscription business powered by Publishing Technology - November 19, 2014
International book distributor Macmillan Distribution (MDL) has gone live with its new subscription platform, running on Publishing Technology's advance enterprise system. MDL becomes the first Publishing Technology client in the UK to launch its service on the digitally-native Order to Cash module of advance, which… Read More
STM Week 2014: One week, three events - November 18, 2014
The STM Association once again descends on London for its annual 'STM Week' events. Industry favourites Innovations and eProduction are joined this time by a new seminar focussing on OA: Beyond Open Access. Innovations: Social Media and Scholarly Publishing – exchanging, engaging and empowering will be… Read More
Elsevier expands engineering content available on Knovel, adds ten more content providers - November 18, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the addition of ten content providers who will offer content via the Knovel platform, strengthening a range of disciplines including civil engineering, chemical engineering and earth sciences among others. The publishers recently added to the Knovel platform, include De Gruyter, J.… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and Parkinson’s Disease Foundation partner to launch new open access journal dedicated to Parkinson’s research - November 18, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF) have announced a partnership to launch npj Parkinson's Disease, an open access journal entirely dedicated to research which will help the scientific community to understand, mitigate, and eventually cure Parkinson's disease. npj Parkinson's… Read More
