Greenbranch Publishing Resources now available on the R2 Digital Library - July 15, 2016
Rittenhouse Book Distributors has announced the addition of many Greenbranch Publishing's healthcare management resources to its market-leading, eBook platform, the R2 Digital Library. The health administration and medical management resources from Greenbranch, now on the R2 Digital Library, offer healthcare professionals an additional access point… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education announces integration of McGraw-Hill Connect Learning Platform with Canvas learning management system - July 14, 2016
McGraw-Hill Connect®, a leading digital learning platform for higher education, will be offering integration with Canvas, a modern learning management system (LMS) that makes teaching and learning easier for educators and students. The integration with Canvas will be released at the end of July 2016 and… Read More
Thomson Reuters announces definitive agreement to sell its Intellectual Property & Science business to Onex and Baring Asia - July 13, 2016
Thomson Reuters has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Intellectual Property & Science business to private equity funds affiliated with Onex Corporation ("Onex") and Baring Private Equity Asia ("Baring Asia") for $3.55 billion in cash. The sale is subject to regulatory approval and customary… Read More
The Rockefeller University Press announces participation in CCC’s text mining solution - July 13, 2016
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a firm dedicated to creating global licensing and content solutions that make copyright work, has announced that The Rockefeller University Press (RUP) is participating in its text mining solution, RightFind™ XML for Mining. RightFind XML for Mining allows publishers to… Read More
Panama Government in deal with Elsevier to add ScienceDirect and ClinicalKey to ABC Scientific Library Program - July 12, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that Access to Scientific Literature (ABC), the Scientific Library program sponsored by Panama's Ministry of Health and Ministry of Science and Technology, has selected Elsevier's ScienceDirect and ClinicalKey. With this two-year collaboration agreement, the country's researchers and health and academic institutions… Read More
Wiley set to publish the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics - July 12, 2016
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc. has been selected by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) as its publishing partner for its distinguished publication, the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics (IJGO). This agreement, commencing in January 2017, will see the Journal move to… Read More
ABES and ORCID sign Memorandum of Understanding - July 12, 2016
ABES and ORCID, following on from the discussions between the two organisations in 2015, have now signed an MOU, committing themselves to further dialog on technical interoperability and cooperation on coordinating external communications. ABES - Agence Bibliographique de l’Enseignement Supérieur - is a French public… Read More
Scope e-Knowledge Center implements first of its kind program for the visually impaired - July 11, 2016
Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced a unique partnership with an exclusive technology centre for the visually impaired. As part of this initiative, Scope recently extended employment offers to twelve visually impaired candidates. Tram… Read More
ASCE and Overleaf announce new partnership - July 11, 2016
Overleaf and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) have announced a new partnership to provide ASCE authors with a new, enhanced authoring template and simplified submission process. Through this partnership, authors submitting to all 35 of the ASCE journals will… Read More
National Library of Sweden signs Springer Compact deal on behalf of Swedish library consortium - July 8, 2016
STM publisher Springer and the Swedish library consortium for universities and research institutes (Bibsam) have finalised a broad agreement for Springer Compact running through December 2018. Springer Compact is a transitional deal combining reading access and open access publishing in one payment scheme. Specifically, participating consortium… Read More
