Thieme signs agreement on sharing principles for academic publications - November 21, 2016
STM, a global trade association for academic and publishers, has developed sharing principles that serve as a guideline for academic, technical, and medical publishers worldwide. Medical and scientific publisher Thieme has also joined the list of signees of these voluntary principles for sharing scholarly articles in… Read More
Digital Science invests in robotic cloud laboratory, Transcriptic - November 21, 2016
Transcriptic Inc., a robotic cloud laboratory for life sciences, has announced the closing of a $13.4 million Series A-1 investment. The new funding was led by Data Collective, along with new investors Digital Science and WuXi AppTec. Existing investors, including AME Cloud… Read More
American Doctoral Dissertations now includes 80,000 new citations from 1902 to present and links to full text - November 18, 2016
American Doctoral Dissertations™, a free database made available by EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), OhioLINK, H.W. Wilson Foundation and the Congregational Library & Archives in Boston, now offers greater coverage of 20th century research and access to full text. The enhanced American Doctoral Dissertations, accessible at
Wolters Kluwer completes acquisition of Emmi - November 18, 2016
Wolters Kluwer Health has completed the acquisition of Emmi Solutions for a total net consideration of $170 million (€158 million) in cash following termination of the waiting period under the U.S. Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. The agreement to acquire Emmi was originally announced on… Read More
CHORUS adds GeoScienceWorld as its 50th member - November 18, 2016
Non-profit organisation CHORUS has announced that GeoScienceWorld has joined CHORUS as its 50th member. CHORUS' diverse membership includes medical, science, and humanities publishers, both commercial and not-for-profit, with both Open Access and subscription titles, as well as publishing platforms and industry… Read More
Elsevier collaborates with the World Conference on Transport Research Society for co-branded transportation book series - November 17, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that it will collaborate with the World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS) to develop and publish a WCTRS-co-branded series of books covering various topics in transportation. The book series will focus on the latest research in emerging issues and… Read More
Outsell, Inc. and the Society for Scholarly Publishing partner to provide members with preferred pricing for market intelligence service - November 17, 2016
Research and advisory firm Outsell, Inc. has announced a partnership with the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) to provide its members preferred pricing for Outsell's Market Intelligence Service. As an additional resource, the service provides confidential decision support through Outsell's team of… Read More
Elsevier and ACCSES collaborate to provide DirectCourse Curricula to disability service providers - November 16, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier will offer Elsevier's DirectCourse eLearning curricula to the more than 1,200 organizations in the ACCSES network that provide exceptional services to people with disabilities across the United States. ACCSES is an elite network of more than 1,200 disability service providers promoting and… Read More
Ithaka S+R and PALCI join NFAIS as new members - November 15, 2016
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS™), a global non-profit membership organization serving the information services community, has announced that Ithaka S+R and the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. (PALCI) have joined NFAIS as new members. Ithaka S+R is a not-for-profit service that helps… Read More
SAGE Publishing and Perusall in deal to support digital pedagogy and increase class preparation - November 14, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced a new agreement allowing access to a selection of SAGE textbooks through the eBook platform and social annotation tool Perusall. Perusall allows students and instructors to annotate digital texts together, connect with other classmates, and respond to questions directly… Read More
