DOAJ witnesses significant increase in journal collection and usage - December 14, 2007
The sponsors of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) have announced that the directory now contains 3,000 quality controlled scientific and scholarly electronic journals that are freely available on the web. The usage of DOAJ has seen constant increase across all parameters, with the service… Read More
New e-books from Taylor & Francis now available for purchase through ebrary - December 14, 2007
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis, UK, has announced that more than 1,000 new titles are now available for purchase individually through e-book technology firm ebrary. Taylor & Francis has been an ebrary publishing partner since 2001, and ebrary currently offers more than 18,500 Taylor & Francis,… Read More
Houghton Mifflin completes acquisition of Harcourt business - December 14, 2007
Educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Company, US, and its parent, Education Media and Publishing Group Ltd., have announced that Houghton Mifflin has completed the acquisition of the Harcourt Education, Harcourt Trade and Greenwood-Heinemann divisions from Reed Elsevier. The combination of Houghton Mifflin's and Harcourt's elementary, secondary and… Read More
Copyright Clearance Center launches Copyright Labs - December 14, 2007
Non-profit copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, has announced the launch of Copyright Labs, a testing ground for new services, applications and products. The site was launched with three already available applications. These include a copyright permission utility that… Read More
ScienceDirect to host 45 French-language journals from Elsevier Masson - December 14, 2007
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that 45 French-language medical journals from Elsevier Masson will be available on ScienceDirect beginning January 3, 2008. The titles, including Feuillets de Radiologie, Journal de Chirurgie and La Press Médicale, represent a wide range of high-quality journals and complement the… Read More
BioMed Central to publish Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance - December 14, 2007
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced that the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (JCMR) is moving to BioMed Central's open access publishing platform from the traditional subscription publishers, Taylor & Francis. The move will allow the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) members and… Read More
