Emergency Access Initiative activated to support healthcare professionals responding to earthquake in Nepal - April 28, 2015
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has announced that Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) has been activated to support healthcare professionals working on the response to the earthquake in Nepal. The EAI is a collaborative partnership between NLM and participating publishers to provide free access to… Read More
O’Reilly Media, Inc. and dpunkt.verlag launch media partnership for German-language technology content - April 28, 2015
O'Reilly Media, Inc. and dpunkt.verlag have launched a media partnership for German-language technology content. Beginning July 1, 2015, dpunkt will develop and distribute O'Reilly's German-language publishing program, support existing German-language O'Reilly books and, going forward, release new titles under the O'Reilly brand. The companies are… Read More
Wiley partners with Casenet Media to provide cases for the ‘net’ generation - April 27, 2015
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced an agreement with Casenet Media Incorporated, which will give Wiley customers the option to bundle a wide range of Wiley's Business texts with Casenet's video case product. This agreement provides Wiley with the opportunity to offer its customers… Read More
LM Information Delivery acquires Broekhuis Business Services BV’s subscription management division - April 27, 2015
International subscription and information management service provider LM Information Delivery has announced the acquisition of the subscription management services division of Dutch company Broekhuis Business Services BV. As of April 1, 2015, all of Broekhuis Business Services BV's subscription management services have been transferred to… Read More
China Computer Federation and Springer to publish new journal - April 24, 2015
STM publisher Springer will publish the new open access journal Data Science and Engineering (DSE) in collaboration with the China Computer Federation (CCF), starting in 2015. CCF is responsible for editorial content, the editorial board and academic development of the journal. Data Science and Engineering is… Read More
Columbia University Press selects De Gruyter as distribution partner for electronic content - April 24, 2015
Academic publisher De Gruyter and Columbia University Press have announced their global distribution partnership for ebook content. De Gruyter will electronically distribute a selection of current CUP publications and an extensive backlist of over 1,000 eBooks. Furthermore, in a joint digitalisation… Read More
Symplectic announces new partnership with *Research - April 23, 2015
Symplectic has announced its partnership with research funding experts, *Research. This will bring together the world leaders in Research Information Management with the world leaders in Research Funding Opportunities. The Research Professional platform will soon be able to connect to participating institutions'… Read More
FASEB and ReadCube enter agreement to provide enhanced content discoverability solutions - April 22, 2015
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), an international publisher of progressive academic research, has announced an agreement with Boston-based publishing technology company ReadCube to enhance its content via indexing on ReadCube's platform. Used by more than 6 million researchers… Read More
US Department of Energy and CHORUS sign Participation Agreement to advance public access - April 21, 2015
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has signed a Participation Agreement with CHORUS to contribute to the implementation of DOE PAGESBeta, the DOE's Public Access Gateway for Energy & Science. The agreement, which is effective immediately, solidifies the collaboration that was announced… Read More
Innovative author tool start-up company in deal with Aries Systems to facilitate transfer of scholarly manuscripts to thousands of journals using editorial manager - April 21, 2015
Innovative author tool start-up company, manuscriptsapp.com, has entered into an agreement with Aries Systems to facilitate the transfer of manuscripts authored using its application into Editorial Manager. Cambridge, UK-based Manuscripts.app Ltd are developers of an easy to use writing app that helps authors prepare scholarly manuscripts… Read More
