American College of Physicians’ IM Essentials now available on the R2 Digital Library - May 3, 2016
Rittenhouse Book Distributors has announced the addition of the American College of Physicians (ACP) IM Essentials Text and IM Essentials Questions to its market-leading eBook platform, the R2 Digital Library. The combined version of the IM Essentials Text and IM Essentials Questions… Read More
Second profile in ARL series – University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries support digital scholarship - May 3, 2016
To highlight efforts to support digital scholarship and to offer insights into the challenges of such iterative and collaborative work, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is publishing a series of profiles of digital scholarship centers at ARL member institutions. The second profile in this series… Read More
IEEE acquires GlobalSpec and the Engineering360 platform from IHS - May 2, 2016
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced the acquisition of GlobalSpec, a leading source of news, data and analytics for the global engineering and technical community including the widely known brand name Engineering360. The new for-profit subsidiary of IEEE has been renamed IEEE GlobalSpec, Inc. and… Read More
Figshare integrates Altmetric Badges to showcase attention surrounding research outputs - April 29, 2016
Over 2.5 million research outputs deposited on Figshare will now display Altmetric Badges, ushering in a new era of data-level metrics. This new integration means that the attention data for datasets, videos, images, code and other alternative research outputs will be presented within the Figshare… Read More
Frankfurt Book Fair acquires majority stake in IPR License - April 28, 2016
The Frankfurt Book Fair (October 19-23 2016) has announced that it has taken a majority shareholding in IPR License Ltd, the global rights and licensing trading platform. In May 2015 it made a significant investment in IPR License but has now acquired… Read More
Wiley and the European Food Safety Authority announce publishing partnership - April 28, 2016
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has announced a new publishing partnership with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to publish the EFSA Journal. The EFSA Journal is an online, fully open access journal that publishes the Authority’s scientific outputs. EFSA assesses risks along the… Read More
IWA Publishing joins the Independent Scholarly Publishers Group - April 28, 2016
IWA Publishing, a subsidiary of the International Water Association, has joined the Independent Scholarly Publishers Group (ISPG). Dragonfly Sales and Marketing Consulting, Inc., in the USA, announced this worldwide sales representation agreement. Dragonfly provides global sales representation for the ISPG, a consortium of 23 health sciences,… Read More
The New England Journal of Medicine content now discoverable through ReadCube - April 27, 2016
ReadCube, an innovative software developer serving researchers, publishers, academic and commercial organisations, has announced its agreement with the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), the world's most trusted and influential source of medical knowledge and clinical best practices, to index its content across ReadCube's platform as… Read More
Elsevier and Humboldt-Innovation GmbH launch Humboldt Elsevier Advanced Data & Text Centre - April 26, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier and Humboldt-Innovation GmbH, the technology transfer office of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, has announced the launch of the Humboldt Elsevier Advanced Data & Text (HEADT) Centre. The HEADT Centre brings together experts from Elsevier and researchers from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin to explore innovative ways… Read More
Ingenta Connect and Kudos partnership to increase discoverability of academic content - April 26, 2016
Ingenta, a provider of technology and associated services to the publishing and information industries, and Kudos have announced a new partnership to make the Kudos service available to publishers hosted on the Ingenta Connect platform. Kudos works with academic publishers to help scholarly authors to… Read More
