Three of the UK’s leading higher education agencies collaborate to provide better service for UK higher education - March 10, 2016
Three of the UK's leading higher education agencies - the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), Jisc and the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) - have announced plans to explore increased collaboration and cost sharing through a new partnership to be known as the 'M5 Group'. The… Read More
Norwegian University of Science and Technology selects Blackboard Learn as its new e-learning system - March 10, 2016
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has selected Blackboard Learn™ as its new teaching and learning platform following a competitive evaluation of the industry's leading e-learning systems. Throughout the review process, Blackboard was the vendor that best met the institution's… Read More
ProQuest and BMJ extend partnership in North America to include BMJ Best Practice - March 9, 2016
ProQuest has announced that it is expanding its relationship with medical information provider BMJ. As part of the arrangement, ProQuest will distribute BMJ Best Practice as a subscription to academic institutions in North America, including medical schools, teaching hospitals, and government hospitals.… Read More
Wiley and IT learning and certification preparation platform ITPro.TV announce partnership - March 9, 2016
Global publisher Wiley has announced a partnership between online IT learning and certification preparation platform ITPro.TV and the technical literature imprint, Sybex. This venture enables Sybex, one of the world's oldest and most respected publishers of technology certification texts, to provide more interactive digital options alongside… Read More
Rockefeller University Press Journals adopt Sheridan’s XML-based article workflow, ArticleExpressTM - March 8, 2016
The Rockefeller University Press (RUP) has adopted Sheridan's revolutionary XML- based article workflow, Article Express™, for The Journal of Cell Biology, The Journal of Experimental Medicine, and The Journal of General Physiology. ArticleExpress is Sheridan's new patent-pending workflow for STM publishers… Read More
IEEE integrates Altmetric badge visualisations and related data into IEEE Xplore Digital Library - March 7, 2016
Altmetrics data provider Altmetric and IEEE have announced the integration of Altmetric badge visualisations and related data into the IEEE Xplore Digital Library, which is home to over 3.8 million scholarly documents. The inclusion of Altmetric badges enables authors, researchers, and other… Read More
SAGE Publishing to publish Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, expands healthcare journal portfolio - March 7, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has begun publishing the Canadian Journal of Nursing Research (CJNR). Advancing scholarship in nursing and health care for 47 years, CJNR is an established resource for nurses, nurse researchers, students, and educators and policymakers across the globe. A quarterly publication, CJNR… Read More
Electronic Data Interchange available for EBSCO customers using Alto Library Management System - March 7, 2016
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Capita are working together to make customers' workflow more efficient. Following customer testing, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) invoicing using the EDIFACT standard is now available to EBSCO customers who use Capita's Alto Library Management System (LMS). Importing electronic invoices when… Read More
Five Russian universities gain access to Elsevier’s research information management system – Pure - March 4, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier will collaborate with five Russian universities, providing these institutions with access to Pure, a comprehensive research information management, networking and expertise discovery system. Saint Petersburg State University, Ural Federal University, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Far Eastern Federal University, and Peter the Great St.… Read More
Taylor & Francis Group and the Industrial Research Institute announce new publishing partnership - March 4, 2016
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group and the Industrial Research Institute (IRI) have announced a new publishing partnership. Beginning with the 2016 volume, Taylor & Francis will publish and distribute IRI's highly regarded journal Research-Technology Management (RTM) under the Routledge imprint. The Industrial Research Institute… Read More
