EBSCO Information Services acquires education technology company, LearningExpress - April 17, 2015
EBSCO Information Services has announced the acquisition of the education technology company LearningExpress. LearningExpress is an acclaimed provider of online platforms for academic skill-building, standardized test preparation and career-oriented digital content. LearningExpress features interactive online platforms, products and e-books designed to… Read More
Wolters Kluwer announces integration of UpToDate clinical decision support resource with MV EHR - April 16, 2015
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer has announced the integration of its clinical decision support (CDS) resource with the electronic health record (EHR) solution from MV, a Brazilian market leader in health management systems. UpToDate®, used by over 1 million doctors in more than 170 countries, can… Read More
Innovative Interfaces and EBSCO announce integration of YBP Library Services and EBSCO online ordering with Sierra - April 16, 2015
Innovative Interfaces and EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) have announced the integration of YBP Library Services (YBP) and EBSCO online ordering with Sierra. The integration will provide seamless ordering and improved workflow efficiencies. This news follows the recent announcements of EBSCO's API and Innovative's Open Library… Read More
OCLC signs agreements with publishers in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Business - April 16, 2015
OCLC, a non-profit, membership, computer library service and research organisation, has signed agreements with leading publishers in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Business to add metadata for books, e-books, journals, audiovisual materials and databases that will make their content discoverable through WorldCat Discovery Services. OCLC… Read More
CABI partners with PlumX to measure impact of agricultural and environmental research - April 15, 2015
Scientists at CABI will be able to gauge the impact of their agricultural and environmental research in several unique ways by partnering with PlumX from Plum™ Analytics, an EBSCO company. As part of a six-month pilot program, CABI is using PlumX metrics… Read More
IEEE and IHA join forces to advance innovation across ehealth ecosystems - April 15, 2015
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced a joint effort between IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE-EMBS) and the Intelligent Health Association (IHA). These organisations are working cooperatively to advance development and promotion of interoperable, standards-based solutions, and to introduce new… Read More
Springer and Altmetric launch Bookmetrix, a new platform for book impact - April 14, 2015
STM publisher Springer has become the first publisher to offer title and chapter level metrics across all of their books via a new platform, Bookmetrix. Developed in partnership with metrics provider Altmetric, the data captured via Bookmetrix is displayed on the book pages on Springer’s content… Read More
The University of Minnesota Press and Columbia University Press to join OUP’s University Press Scholarship Online - April 14, 2015
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced that The University of Minnesota Press will join University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) in August 2015. The Minnesota Scholarship Online (tentatively called MPSO) site will go live with 389 titles across a broad range of subject areas. … Read More
IMA announces partnership agreement with John Wiley and Sons and Miles Professional Education - April 13, 2015
The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) has announced a partnership agreement with John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (Wiley), publisher of the CMA Learning System (CMALS), and Miles Professional Education (Miles), a major professional certification course provider in India to provide training and… Read More
Thieme Publishers Rio to publish official journal of the Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery - April 13, 2015
Medical and scientific publisher Thieme Publishers Rio (TPR) has signed on as the publisher for Brazilian Neurosurgery, the official journal of the Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery. TPR will publish four issues of the journal per year, beginning with Volume 34, issue 1, 2015. 'Brazilian Neurosurgery'… Read More
