ebrary announces new strategic approach to e-book acquisition - March 21, 2012
E-books and research technology provider ebrary, US, has announced a strategic new approach to e-book acquisition based on three steps - Transition, Diversify and Streamline. The initiative is expected to help libraries meet the research needs of their entire institutions and maximise their budgets. Libraries… Read More
Saunders Solutions for Vets’ suite of eCPD courses now available via Vetstream’s Vetacademy - March 20, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Saunders Solutions for Vets' suite of online Continuing Professional Development (eCPD) courses are now available through Vetstream's Vetacademy. Vetacademy, an online learning platform for the veterinary market, claims to be the first of its kind to offer a 'department… Read More
Forty nine NPG journals now support Creative Commons through annual donation - March 20, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that 49 journals it publishes now support Creative Commons through an annual donation. Based on the 1,113 open access articles published in 2011 in these journals, NPG and its partners are donating $22,260 to Creative Commons (CC).… Read More
EBSCO and QUOSA partner to create EBSCOhost Premium Channel in the QUOSA System - March 20, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and QUOSA, an Elsevier company, have partnered to create an EBSCOhost Premium Channel in the QUOSA System. The partnership enables mutual customers to utilise EBSCOhost, one of the most-used premium online research services in corporations and institutions around… Read More
Oxford University Press and Physical Society of Japan announce publishing partnership - March 20, 2012
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) and the Physical Society of Japan have announced that they will be working together to publish Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (PTEP). This international title will be a fully open access, online-only journal, publishing articles on theoretical and experimental… Read More
Amazon.com set to Acquire Kiva Systems, Inc. - March 20, 2012
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has announced an agreement to acquire Kiva Systems, Inc., an innovator of material handling technology. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved by Kiva's stockholders, Amazon will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Kiva for… Read More
