Ex Libris acquires resource-sharing solutions provider RapidILL - June 21, 2019
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has acquired RapidILL, the provider of industry-leading document-delivery and resource-sharing solutions. Developed by staff at the Colorado State University (CSU) Libraries, RapidILL’s flagship product, also named RapidILL, serves more than 330 institutions, which benefit from a fast, cost-effective request and… Read More
WebMD acquires Frontline Medical Communications - June 20, 2019
WebMD Health Corp., an Internet Brands company and the leader in health information services for physicians and consumers, has acquired Frontline Medical Communications, a leading medical communications company and provider of digital, print and live conference events for the healthcare industry. … Read More
National Library of Medicine and Medical Heritage Library sign three-year memorandum of understanding - June 20, 2019
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has signed a three-year memorandum of understanding with the Medical Heritage Library (MHL) to promote free and open access to quality historical resources in medicine and the human health sciences. Under the agreement, the MHL… Read More
Research4Life participants gain access to Digital Science’s Dimensions Plus - June 19, 2019
Digital Science has announced a collaboration with Research4Life which will give all Research4Life participants access to Dimensions Plus. Dimensions will allow participants to explore the research landscape and the connections between publications, grants, clinical trials, patents and policy documents. Research4Life is… Read More
Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Scientific Society’s journal, Pharmacia, moves to Pensoft’s ARPHA platform - June 19, 2019
Pharmacia, the open-access, peer-reviewed journal of the Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Scientific Society, has moved to the fast-expanding portfolio of scholarly publisher and technology provider Pensoft. The journal’s 2019 inaugural issue and the first since the realisation of the new partnership is already live on the Read More
The Bibsam Consortium in Sweden signs agreement to participate in AIP Publishing’s ‘Read and Publish’ pilot program - June 17, 2019
AIP Publishing, a not-for-profit scholarly publisher in the physical sciences, has announced that the Bibsam Consortium in Sweden has signed an agreement to participate in AIP Publishing’s ‘Read and Publish’ pilot program. Bibsam is the first research library consortium to join the pilot. The pilot,… Read More
OpenAIRE Task Group calls on institutions to participate in pilot project to harvest Canadian institutional repositories - June 14, 2019
The OpenAIRE Task Group (part of the CARL Open Repositories Working Group) is looking for institutions to participate in a pilot project to harvest Canadian institutional repositories. OpenAIRE is a set of services funded through the European Commission to track research outputs resulting from EC-funded… Read More
EDP Sciences signs new agreement with Publons Reviewer Recognition Service - June 14, 2019
EDP Sciences has signed a new agreement for the ‘Publons Reviewer Recognition Service’ for the journals: Parasite (open access); Cahiers Agricultures (open access); Aquatic Living Resources; 4open (open access); and Sicot-J (open access). As a society-owned publisher, EDP Sciences is mindful of its role within… Read More
Dimensions and the Norwegian Centre for Research Data partner to increase visibility of research in the Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities - June 14, 2019
Dimensions and the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD) have announced their partnership which aims to increase visibility, searchability, and availability of research in the areas of Social Science and Arts & Humanities. The Dimensions platform, which is part of technology company Digital Science, brings… Read More
ACCUCOMS to represent American Psychiatric Association Publishing in 20 more countries - June 13, 2019
ACCUCOMS, the specialist in global sales and marketing for publishers and societies, has announced that the American Psychiatric Association Publishing (APA Publishing), the world’s premier publisher of books, journals, and multimedia on psychiatry, mental health, and behavioural science, has extended its agreement with ACCUCOMS to represent… Read More
