The Society of Thoracic Surgeons selects Editorial Manager - April 1, 2016
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has selected Aries Systems' Editorial Manager to support submission and peer-review workflows for its journal, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, which is transitioning from a previous system. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery is the official journal of The Society… Read More
Ingram Content Group acquires Perseus’ Distribution Businesses - April 1, 2016
Ingram Content Group has completed the transaction to purchase Perseus' distribution businesses. Ingram has acquired Perseus' four distinct publisher services brands: Publisher Group West (PGW), Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, Perseus Distribution Services and Legato, along with Constellation, Perseus' digital asset management and distribution service. … Read More
IPR License announces three key STM partnerships - March 31, 2016
IPR License, the global rights and licensing specialists, has continued to strengthen its key partnership network within the STM marketplace by announcing affiliations with leading industry names Cambridge University Press, Wiley and Informa. These high-profile partnerships have further extended IPR's market presence as increasing numbers… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing partners with ReadCube to widen reach of its collection - March 31, 2016
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has announced its partnership with Boston-based publishing software company ReadCube. Through ReadCube's Discover service, all Emerald research content – including over 200,000 journal articles, book chapters and teaching case studies – have been deep-indexed, allowing for… Read More
The Geological Society of London and Eduserv announce strategic partnership - March 31, 2016
The Geological Society of London (GSL) has announced a strategic partnership with Eduserv. GSL is joining the OpenAthens access management federation – the only international and commercial Shibboleth federation, which will enable a single-sign-on for earth scientists accessing GSL's publications at http://www.lyellcollection.org.… Read More
Leiden University Libraries joins the International Image Interoperability Framework Consortium - March 30, 2016
Leiden University Libraries has announced that it will integrate the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) image delivery technologies into its digital library infrastructure. Leiden University Libraries is the founding member of the IIIF Consortium. A growing community of the world's leading research libraries and image… Read More
Kudos adds six new clients in five countries, continues global expansion - March 30, 2016
Kudos, a service for maximising the reach and impact of research publications, has announced continued growth in the first quarter of 2016. The six most recent clients to join its services span five countries, including the company's first customer in China, where 5% of registered Kudos… Read More
Florida’s Council of State University Libraries join NFAIS as new member - March 28, 2016
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS™), a global nonprofit membership organisation serving the information services community, has announced that the state of Florida's Council of State University Libraries (CSUL) has joined NFAIS as a new member. The CSUL members are: University of Florida (already… Read More
IET and TESP join forces to promote new apprenticeship standard - March 28, 2016
The Electrotechnical Skills Partnership (TESP) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) recently organised an event bringing together employers and training providers to inform them about the latest apprenticeship developments. Sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS),… Read More
The Endocrine Society to implement CCC’s RightsLink - March 23, 2016
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organisation and a commercial document-delivery provider, has announced that the Endocrine Society has implemented its RightsLink®. The Endocrine Society is the world's oldest, largest, and most active organisation devoted to research on hormones and the… Read More
