NISO seeks trial users and comments on draft technical report, SUSHI-Lite - July 17, 2015
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is seeking trial users and comments on the draft technical report, SUSHI-Lite: Deploying SUSHI as a lightweight protocol for exchanging usage via web services, NISO TR-06-201X. This technical report proposes and describes a method of exchanging COUNTER statistics ranging from… Read More
Simba Information acquires Education Market Research - July 17, 2015
Simba Information, a provider of market research and analysis in educational and professional publishing, has completed its acquisition of Education Market Research (EMR). With roots back to 1968, Simba Information has been tracking the publishing industry for nearly 50 years; it currently offers 2 newsletters… Read More
Baker and Taylor completes second phase of its migration to CARL.X - July 17, 2015
Baker & Taylor, a worldwide distributor of digital and print books, has completed the second phase of its migration to CARL.X with the company's Customized Library Services (CLS) group implementing TLC's next generation ILS last month. With this upgrade, CLS will join Baker & Taylor's Corporate… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education acquires equity stake in global mobile language learning platform, busuu - July 16, 2015
McGraw-Hill Education, a learning science company, has taken a €6 million (approximately $6.5 million) minority equity stake in busuu, the world's largest social network for language learning with more than 55 million users. The transaction includes an agreement that will give McGraw-Hill Education exclusive global… Read More
Thieme Chemistry releases ‘Pharmaceutical Substances’ version 3.8 - July 16, 2015
Scientific publisher Thieme Chemistry has announced that 'Pharmaceutical Substances' version 3.8 is now available. This substantial new release for the reference guide includes 31 new active pharmaceutical ingredients such as Ledipasvir, that combined with Sofosbuvir allows for the first all-oral treatment of Hepatitis C infections. … Read More
Platts acquires Petromedia - July 16, 2015
Platts, a global energy, metals, petrochemicals and agriculture information provider, has acquired Petromedia, a specialist provider of news and analysis for the shipping and oil industries. The purchase helps extend Platts coverage beyond traditional marine fuels and market fundamentals. Founded in 2001, Petromedia provides customers… Read More
