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
Duke University Press makes more than 140 titles available in HathiTrust - April 13, 2015
Duke University Press, in partnership with Google and HathiTrust, has opened an initial set of 145 of its backlist titles in HathiTrust. These titles are available under a CC-BY-NC-ND license, and are available for reading and download worldwide.… Read More
ProQuest announces acquisition of SIPX - April 9, 2015
ProQuest, through its affiliate Bowker, has acquired Palo Alto-based SIPX, a creator of a unique digital course materials solution that addresses a variety of copyright and costs concerns for universities. SIPX eliminates duplicate spending on course packs, collections of assigned readings, by connecting students to materials… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education adopts open technology to enable building personalised learning experiences - April 9, 2015
McGraw-Hill Education, the learning sciences company, has announced a commitment to open technology standards that will lower barriers to integration and allow anyone to build personalised learning experiences that integrate with the company's technologies. The company announced Microsoft Corporation as its first open technology provider in… Read More
OCLC Research Library Partnership includes Harvard University and Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory in its Network - April 9, 2015
OCLC Research Library Partnership has announced two new partners. The Universities are: Harvard University and Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory. The Partner Representatives are Sarah E. Thomas, Vice President for the Harvard Library, and Ludmila Pollock, Executive Director, Library and Archives for Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory. According… Read More
Thomson Reuters and Russian MISiS National University of Science & Technology announce new partnership - April 8, 2015
Thomson Reuters has announced a new partnership with Russia's MISiS National University of Science and Technology to effectively manage the University's research workflow. MISiS National University of Science and Technology is Russia's first higher education institution to use Thomson Reuters' state-of-the-art research scientific information management system… Read More
EBSCO Health and Isabel Healthcare expand partnership to offer Isabel’s Symptom Checker to hospitals looking to enhance patient engagement - April 8, 2015
EBSCO Health and Isabel Healthcare (Isabel) have announced an expansion of their existing partnership. EBSCO Health will now sell the Isabel Symptom Checker to hospitals and healthcare organisations. The Isabel Symptom Checker serves as a patient engagement gateway to guide consumers and patients into and through… Read More
