Wiley joins list of document suppliers for FIZ AutoDoc´s pay-per-view option - July 29, 2015
Wiley, the international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, has announced that it will be available as a new document supplier for FIZ AutoDoc´s pay-per-view option. Thus, articles from nearly 1,600 Wiley journals, hosted on Wiley Online Library, can now… Read More
Australian National University chosen as new host of the World Wide Web Consortium Australia Office - July 29, 2015
The Australian National University (ANU) is set to play a significant role in guiding the future of the Web after being chosen as the new host of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Australia Office. The W3C is an international consortium of over 400 member organisations… Read More
Blackboard partners with Skillsoft to deliver career-development content to professional learners - July 24, 2015
Education technology company Blackboard Inc. has announced a partnership with Skillsoft, a global learning content provider, to enable direct delivery of high-quality content to professional learners via Blackboard's industry-leading teaching and learning platform. The partnership will allow Blackboard to offer learners and instructors access to… Read More
Springer content now available across ReadCube platform - July 23, 2015
STM publisher Springer has signed an agreement with publishing technology company ReadCube to enhance and increase the discoverability of its journal articles, book chapters and conference proceedings via ReadCube's web, desktop and mobile applications. More than eight million scientific documents on SpringerLink have been indexed by… Read More
German Consortium Baden-Wuerttemberg gains access to about 2,500 electronically published journals from Elsevier - July 20, 2015
The Consortium Baden-Wuerttemberg, an alliance of the scientific libraries of the federal state located in the south-west of Germany, has signed an agreement with STM publisher Elsevier to provide 52 universities and institutions of higher education with comprehensive access to approximately 2,500 scientific journals. The agreement… Read More
Psychology Dictionary announces new marketing and distribution collaboration with UBM Medica - July 20, 2015
Psychology Dictionary has announced a new marketing and distribution collaboration with UBM Medica, a UBM Life Sciences business. First published online in 2012, PsychologyDictionary.org claims to be the most comprehensive psychology dictionary and psychology reference resource on the Web. UBM Medica… Read More
CHUC partners with Plum Analytics for real-time research metrics - July 17, 2015
The Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra/Coimbra Hospital and University Centre (CHUC) in Portugal is the first hospital in southern Europe to implement PlumX, a research metrics tool from Plum™ Analytics, an EBSCO company. CHUC is using PlumX to measure and analyze the impact of its… Read More
Simba Information acquires Education Market Research - July 17, 2015
Simba Information, a provider of market research and analysis in educational and professional publishing, has completed its acquisition of Education Market Research (EMR). With roots back to 1968, Simba Information has been tracking the publishing industry for nearly 50 years; it currently offers 2 newsletters… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education acquires equity stake in global mobile language learning platform, busuu - July 16, 2015
McGraw-Hill Education, a learning science company, has taken a €6 million (approximately $6.5 million) minority equity stake in busuu, the world's largest social network for language learning with more than 55 million users. The transaction includes an agreement that will give McGraw-Hill Education exclusive global… Read More
Platts acquires Petromedia - July 16, 2015
Platts, a global energy, metals, petrochemicals and agriculture information provider, has acquired Petromedia, a specialist provider of news and analysis for the shipping and oil industries. The purchase helps extend Platts coverage beyond traditional marine fuels and market fundamentals. Founded in 2001, Petromedia provides customers… Read More
