New standard for search engine indexing launched - December 3, 2007
A consortium of newspaper publishers recently launched the Automated Content Access Protocol (ACAP), the new, non-proprietary, open standard developed to protect the intellectual property of those wishing to make content available on the World Wide Web. The launch follows a highly collaborative 12-month pilot project undertaken… Read More
European digital library project progressing - December 3, 2007
A high level group on digital libraries recently met European Commission officials in Brussels to discuss the progress on launching the European digital library. A European digital library foundation was lately created to formalise the agreement of European archives, museums, audiovisual archives and libraries to collaborate and to provide a… Read More
Cambridge University Press to provide access to healthcare journals via SIMID SMILE - December 3, 2007
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press (CUP), US, has announced a partnership with medical database provider Scientific Institute for Medical Information and Documentation (SIMID), Switzerland. Under the deal, metadata and full-text articles from CUP's portfolio of medical journals will be included in the SIMID Scientific Medical Information… Read More
MM Publishing to publish National Space Society’ Ad Astra - December 3, 2007
The National Space Society (NSS), US, has selected media company MM Publishing Inc., US, as the new publisher of Ad Astra, the society's official publication. The agreement takes effect with the February 2008 issue of the journal. A quarterly, Ad Astra has… Read More
Springer launches new journal in musculoskeletal medicine - December 3, 2007
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced the March 2008 launch of a new journal - Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine (CRMM). The journal will be published under the Humana Press imprint, and will cover orthopaedics, sports medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation. Dr Grant Cooper of the… Read More
GVIC Communications to acquire JuneWarren Publishing - December 3, 2007
Information communications firm GVIC Communications Corp., Canada, has announced an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the assets of JuneWarren Publishing Ltd., effective January 1, 2008. The acquisition is projected to help GVIC develop its strategy of growing through two core segments… Read More
