John Wiley & Sons adds business and technology titles to Safari Books Online - November 2, 2007
Safari Books Online, a US-based joint venture between publishers O'Reilly Media, Inc. and Pearson Technology Group, has announced an agreement with publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US. Under the deal, selected Wiley business and technology titles will be included in the… Read More
Yale University Library joins Microsoft’s digital book publishing initiative - November 2, 2007
Yale University has announced an agreement with technology firm Microsoft Corp., US, to provide readers worldwide with online access to thousands of rare books in Yale's Library. Under the initiative, Microsoft will digitise many volumes found only in the Yale collections and bring them online via… Read More
Dear Subscribers - November 2, 2007
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EMpact to provide STAT!Ref medical reference library to global markets - October 31, 2007
Medical information company Teton Data Systems, US, has announced a partnership with EMpact to provide the former's flagship product, STAT!Ref, to libraries and other medical research organisations in different parts of the world. EMpact is the publisher representation group within the EBSCO… Read More
World Scientific launches new OA journal – Optics and Photonics Letters - October 31, 2007
Scientific publisher World Scientific Publishing Company has announced the launch of a new open access journal - Optics and Photonics Letters, starting 2008. The new journal is projected to offer rapid dissemination of original and timely results in various fields of optics and photonics, with emphasis… Read More
OCA to scan orphan works via digital interlibrary loan system - October 31, 2007
The Open Content Alliance (OCA) has reportedly announced that it will begin scanning some open works for distribution via a digital interlibrary loan system. The move follows the recent statement regarding use of orphan works by three professional publishing associations. The three associations are the Association… Read More
