IOP Publishing endorses KBART - January 23, 2013
Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP), UK, has endorsed the KBART (Knowledge Bases And Related Tools) Recommended Practice, a joint NISO and UKSG initiative, as part of its commitment to supporting librarians. The initiative has established industry standards for the timely exchange of metadata between… Read More
New open-access medical journal CMAJ Open set to launch - January 23, 2013
CMAJ Open, a new online open-access research journal from the same family as the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), will begin publishing late January 2013. The journal is owned by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA). CMAJ Open will publish high-quality, peer-reviewed medical research papers without… Read More
Portland Academic Health Libraries consortium selects Ex Libris Primo and Alma - January 23, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the Portland Academic Health Libraries (PAHL) consortium has selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution and the Alma resource management service. PAHL members are the National College of Natural Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University,… Read More
Ingram adds Random House content to MyiLibrary e-book platform - January 23, 2013
Ingram Content Group, the provider of a range of physical and digital services to the book industry, has announced that it will now offer Random House, Inc. US titles to libraries via the MyiLibrary platform. Random House will add more than 36,000 titles to Ingram's… Read More
Elsevier launches new journal – Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering - January 22, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new journal - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (JECE). The new online-only journal is specifically geared towards scientific communities that are highly committed to advancing research in environmental sustainability by bridging two strong fields - engineering… Read More
Oxford University Press acquires Nelson Thornes - January 22, 2013
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has acquired Nelson Thornes, extending OUP's range of educational publishing. OUP acquired the publisher from Infinitas Learning, one of Europe's leading providers of products and services for teaching and learning, for an undisclosed sum. Nelson Thornes covers a broad… Read More
