Acquisition of Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property and Science Business by Onex and Baring Asia completed - October 4, 2016
The previously announced sale of the Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property & Science business to Onex Corporation and Baring Private Equity Asia has been completed. The company's many well‐known brands include Web of Science™, Cortellis™, Thomson Innovation™, Derwent World Patents Index™, Thomson CompuMark™, MarkMonitor®, Thomson IP Manager™… Read More
Qatar University Library collaborates with Elsevier to improve coverage and discoverability of published research by Qatar University authors - October 4, 2016
Qatar University Library and STM publisher Elsevier have announced their collaboration to maximize visibility, impact and dissemination of articles published by QU faculty and researchers. Through Elsevier's ScienceDirect APIs, QUL's institutional repository (QSpace) now receives an automated feed of metadata, abstracts… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education acquires Redbird Advanced Learning - October 3, 2016
Learning science company McGraw-Hill Education has announced the acquisition of Redbird Advanced Learning, LLC, a leading digital personalised learning company that offers courses in K-12 math, language arts and writing and virtual professional development programs for educators. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Built… Read More
Graphiq to feature metadata provided by Bowker - September 30, 2016
Graphiq is the latest in a series of tech companies turning to Bowker, an affiliate of ProQuest, to connect them with metadata to enhance their businesses. Bowker is a ProQuest affiliate and acts as the retail agent for ProQuest's renowned metadata. Graphiq, a technology company… Read More
HighWire and Glencoe Software partner to deliver in-line video for journal publishers - September 30, 2016
HighWire Press Inc., the technology platform and strategic partner to scholarly publishers and societies, has named Glencoe Software, Inc.'s Data InPress Video Injection Service as a preferred partner for delivery of video content for its partner publishers. For any journal on HighWire's… Read More
OCLC and Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) partner for virtual reference service - September 30, 2016
Global library cooperative OCLC and the Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) have announced a new agreement for the provision of collaborative after-hours virtual reference services in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The agreement is based on the successful initial pilot and now,… Read More
Wolters Kluwer joins Alliance for Nursing Informatics - September 29, 2016
Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced its appointment, by unanimous vote, to the Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI). As an affiliate, non-voting member, Wolters Kluwer will help identify strategic goals and partner with the… Read More
IPA and IFLA issue joint pledge to strive for universal access to information - September 29, 2016
The world bodies speaking for the publishing and library sectors, the International Publishers Association (IPA) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), have pledged to find mechanisms for universal access to information, and to help national and international authorities… Read More
Springer Nature and China’s Publishing House of Electronics Industry sign strategic partnership agreement - September 28, 2016
Springer Nature, a global research, educational and professional publisher, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with China's Publishing House of Electronics Industry (PHEI) to publish English-language book series and journals to promote China's technical expertise in the fields of electronic information and… Read More
Wiley to publish AIUM’s Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine - September 28, 2016
Publisher John Wiley and Sons, Inc has been selected by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) to assume publication of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (JUM) effective with its January 2017 issue. Established in 1952, the AIUM is… Read More
