ProQuest launches information literacy solution to simplify research projects - November 14, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has launched its new cloud-based information literacy solution, ProQuest Research Companion. The tool is a one-stop resource that guides high school, community college, and university students through research projects, helping them overcome typical barriers. Easy, intuitive, and informative,… Read More
The Wellcome Trust and Palgrave Macmillan publish first open access monograph - November 14, 2013
Academic publisher Palgrave Macmillan has announced that they have published their first open access monograph, the first comprehensive history of fungal infections, funded by The Wellcome Trust. Fungal Disease in Britain and the US 1850-2000, by Dr Aya Homei and Professor Michael Worboys, will be… Read More
Wiley to provide emergency access to medical literature in support of Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts - November 14, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, will offer free access to medical literature in support of Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts to those affected by the disaster and those providing assistance to the affected population as part of the Emergency Access Initiative. The free access… Read More
HHC selects McGraw-Hill Professional’s AccessMedicine, AccessSurgery for online information delivery - November 14, 2013
The largest municipal hospital and health care system in the US, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), has selected McGraw-Hill Professional's AccessMedicine and AccessSurgery to deliver online medical and procedural information to HHC's clinicians. Serving 1.4 million New Yorkers every year, HHC provides… Read More
ASA announces 2014 annual conference programme - November 14, 2013
The Association of Subscription Agents and Intermediaries has announced its programmes for the upcoming annual ASA Conference to be held in London on 24-25 February 2014. The conference, dubbed 'Transforming the Publishing Landscape', will cover the evolving publishing business, and the forces that are transforming… Read More
Indiana University Press selects Ingram for US and Canadian book distribution - November 14, 2013
Ingram Content Group Inc., a US-based provider of physical and digital services, has announced that Indiana University Press has selected Ingram Publisher Services for US and Canadian book distribution. Ingram Publisher Services is currently handling distribution for the press in the US and Canada with… Read More
