2012 eBook Frontlist collections now available for advance purchase on Elsevier’s SciVerse ScienceDirect - November 3, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its 2012 eBook Frontlist collections are available for advance purchase on SciVerse ScienceDirect, Elsevier’s online platform for scientific content. The 2012 collection covers 23 distinct subject areas, with individual titles scheduled to publish between January 1 and December 31,… Read More
Elsevier announces availability of Urban and Fischer Journal Archives on SciVerse ScienceDirect - November 2, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the availability of Elsevier Urban & Fischer Journal Archives, three new backfile collections in the life and health sciences, on SciVerse ScienceDirect. The new backfiles, published in English under the German imprint Urban & Fischer, contain journals concerning immunology and… Read More
Publishing services a key growth area for academic libraries, says SPARC report - November 2, 2011
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has released a new report on behalf of a team of researchers from the libraries of Purdue University, Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Utah. The “Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success” research project suggests that… Read More
Google launches eBookstore in Canada - November 2, 2011
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has expanded its online bookstore to Canada, offering hundreds of thousands of electronic books for sale and millions of others for free. According to Google, the company is partnering with a number of Canadian publishers for the launch… Read More
Scientific American archive now available on nature.com - November 2, 2011
Science magazine Scientific American has announced that its complete archive, back to volume 1, issue 1, is now available on nature.com. To celebrate the completion of the Scientific American archive on nature.com, the 1845-1909 archive collection will be free to all to access from November 1-30,… Read More
Wiley-VCH and the Chemical Society Located in Taipei announce publishing partnership - November 2, 2011
Wiley-VCH, part of the scientific and technical publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and the Chemical Society Located in Taipei have signed an agreement to closely cooperate and jointly publish the Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society. The journal will be available online from… Read More
