Columbia University joins Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity - December 14, 2009
Columbia University has joined several leading institutions of higher learning in a commitment to a Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity. Other signatories to the compact are Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California at Berkeley. The compact commits… Read More
BBC, British Library sign pact to widen access to content - December 14, 2009
The British Library and the BBC have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in a bid to make the content and assets of both organisations more widely available. Managed by a joint steering committee, the MoU seeks to develop new ways of integrating access to nearly a million… Read More
Co-Action Publishing to publish Medical Education Online - December 14, 2009
Co-Action Publishing, Sweden, has announced that it is set to publish the journal Medical Education Online (MEO). Since its inception in 1996, the journal has been self-published by Scholar Publisher and Chief Editor David Solomon of Michigan State University and more recently Co-Editor Ann Frye, University… Read More
Boliven offers access to PubMed patent, clinical trials, device and drug data - December 14, 2009
Boliven Publications, a free scientific abstract and bibliographic information service for Boliven Network Members, has announced that it now includes nearly 20 million PubMed citations and articles for free use by its members. It also offers weblinks to related free data in clinical trials, patents and… Read More
Latest edition of blogspeak now online - December 14, 2009
The latest edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (ScienceBlogs and “National Geographic” — A Partnership of Online Strengths); Nathan Bransford (Should Publishers Delay E-book Releases?); Michael Hyatt (The End of Book Publishing As We Know It); Philip Davis (Does Reviewing Your Peers Create Better Results Than… Read More
EQT V and GICSI to acquire Springer Science+Business Media - December 11, 2009
Swedish private equity firm EQT V and GIC Special Investments (GICSI), the private equity arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, have announced that they have agreed to acquire 100 percent of Springer Science+Business Media (Springer). EQT intends to buy 82… Read More
