Springer launches MyCopy service - June 24, 2009
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media, Germany, has announced the successful completion of the MyCopy pilot project. The publishing group has, with immediate effect, extended this eBook service to all academic libraries in the US and Canada that have purchased Springer eBook Collections. All registered library patrons… Read More
Scientific American to form consumer media division of Nature Publishing Group - June 24, 2009
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that the Scientific American team will soon join their NPG colleagues in the existing NPG offices in Varick Street, New York City. The office move marks a major step in the integration of two of Macmillan Publishers'… Read More
Swets launches SwetsWise 5.3 - June 24, 2009
Subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced the successful release of SwetsWise 5.3, the latest technical update to its portfolio of products and services. Release 5.3 installs a list of technical improvements and additional functionalities into a number of SwetsWise's electronic services, drawn directly from customer… Read More
YUDU Media expresses support for putting all textbooks online - June 24, 2009
Digital publishing services provider YUDU Media has announced that it is in agreement with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision, and declared that all textbooks should be put online. The e-publishing company, which produces e-books and digital publications for various educational publishers and establishments, says that versions… Read More
Dear Subscribers - June 24, 2009
STM Publishers and other print/publishing Services and Support Tools providers can now use the all new K-Store platform to post information across three sections - a Jobs section, a virtual storefronts directory and a print/publishing Read More
New JISC report calls for British universities to become more radical in their use of new technology - June 24, 2009
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has commissioned a report according to which British universities will lose their leading international standing unless they become much more radical in their use of new technology. British universities occupy four of the top ten world rankings and the… Read More
