Dear Subscribers - February 27, 2009
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ProQuest signs licence agreement for database access in Slovenia - February 26, 2009
ProQuest, part of Cambridge Information Group, US, has announced that the full suite of ProQuest Central database products is now available to members of the Institute of Information Science (IZUM) throughout Slovenia through a subscription arrangement. The breadth of content in ProQuest Central is seen to… Read More
Swets puts decision support service into Beta testing phase - February 26, 2009
Subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that following an enthusiastic reception at a pre-launch event at ALA Midwinter, SwetsWise Selection Support, a decision support service, has entered into its beta testing phase. The tool seeks to combine customers' usage statistics with their subscription holdings and… Read More
BioMed to help Computer Aid raise funds to provide PCs to African university - February 26, 2009
Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced a partnership with Computer Aid International to support research in Africa. BioMed will support Kenyatta University in Nairobi to help local scientists conduct vital research directly relevant to local problems in one of the poorest parts of… Read More
Karger opts for EMpact to promote online collection of clinical titles in various regions - February 26, 2009
Publisher Karger, Switzerland, has announced a partnership with EMpact Sales, the publisher representation group of EBSCO Information Services, US. Under the deal, EMpact will offer the new Karger Hospital Collection to customers in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Mexico, Central and South… Read More
ConnectivHealth sells health news division to Intellaerus - February 26, 2009
VerusMed, a medical information business unit of ConnectivHealth, Inc., US, has been sold to Intellerus, LLC, a private investment firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. As part of the sale, about 12 employees have left the company to work… Read More
