edX selects VitalSource Bookshelf e-textbook platform to distribute publisher content for its massive open online learning courses - May 1, 2014
Vital Source Technologies, Inc., an Ingram Content Group company, has announced that edX, the non-profit online learning initiative, has selected the VitalSource Bookshelf® e-textbook platform to distribute publisher content for its massive open online learning courses (MOOCs). Vital Source will distribute e-textbook content from leading… Read More
Nature Publishing Group expands Nature family of research journals with the launch of Nature Plants - April 30, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has introduced the newest member of the Nature family of research journals: Nature Plants. Launching in January 2015, Nature Plants will be the first journal in the field to focus on excellence in research across the plant sciences, building upon… Read More
Rivisteweb journals now searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service - April 30, 2014
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that top humanities and social sciences journals via Rivisteweb are now searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS). Il Mulino, an academic publisher in Italy, offers the prominent journals for both Carocci Editore and Il Mulino via its… Read More
Ex Libris Group launches Ex Libris Developer Network - April 30, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced the global launch of the Ex Libris Developer Network - an open environment in which developers and IT professionals can collaborate across libraries and with Ex Libris to experiment with applications and extensions to the company's solutions.… Read More
SAGE membership of OASPA reinstated following six-month review - April 30, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has welcomed the announcement by the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) that its membership of OASPA has been reinstated in full, following a six month review period. In October 2013, OASPA's Membership Committee placed SAGE's membership under review as a result… Read More
Elsevier and American Urological Association collaborate to launch new journal – Urology Practice - April 30, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier and the American Urological Association (AUA) have announced their collaboration to launch a new journal, Urology Practice. AUA is a premier urological association providing invaluable support to the urology community. Urology Practice will focus on clinical trends, challenges… Read More
