Altmetric now tracking Wikipedia references to research outputs - February 5, 2015
Alternative metrics provider Altmetric has announced that any mentions of articles or other academic outputs in Wikipedia will now be reflected in a new 'Wikipedia' tab on the Altmetric details page. Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia written collaboratively by the people who use it, is the… Read More
Springer Publishing Company and Demos Medical Publishing announce merger - February 4, 2015
As of January 1, 2015 the Springer Publishing Company and Demos Medical Publishing, both owned by Mannheim Media LLC, have been combined into one company under the Springer Publishing Company corporate name. Demos Medical Publishing will continue as an imprint of Springer Publishing. The merger… Read More
ProQuest joins BIBCO and ECIP Cataloging Partnership Programs - January 30, 2015
ProQuest has announced that it has become a partner in the Library of Congress' Electronic Cataloging in Publication (ECIP) Cataloging Partnership and BIBCO Programs. The company is the first publisher ever to partner in the ECIP program and joins academic libraries in cataloguing pre-publication galleys of… Read More
Historical databases now accessible to libraries through WorldCat and WorldCat Discovery Services - January 30, 2015
Accessible Archives, Inc., a publisher of electronic full-text searchable historical databases, has entered into an agreement with OCLC, a nonprofit library cooperative providing research, programs and services for libraries, to add MARC records from hundreds of digitised historical book resources to WorldCat for discovery of these… Read More
Maney Publishing partners with ReadCube to widen reach of its collection - January 30, 2015
Academic publisher Maney Publishing has announced its partnership with Boston-based publishing software company ReadCube. Through ReadCube's Discover service, over 100,000 articles from Maney Publishing will be indexed, with their discoverability bolstered via ReadCube's web, desktop, and mobile reading portals, search engines, and recommendation feeds. … Read More
Ex Libris Group announces development partnership with universities from the US, the UK, Belgium and Australia - January 29, 2015
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced a development partnership with the libraries of the University of Oklahoma (OU) in the US, Imperial College and Kingston University in the UK, KU Leuven in Belgium, and UNSW Australia. The partners will participate in the development… Read More
IOP Publishing joins eduGAIN service - January 28, 2015
Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP), UK, has joined the service eduGAIN to allow institutions, within participating federations, access to IOPscience through Shibboleth/Institutional login, simplifying access to scientific content within the global research community. Through eduGAIN, IOP has expanded the list of institutions that can… Read More
More than 20 institutions now using Altmetric to help track and report research impact - January 28, 2015
Alternative metrics provider Altmetric has announced that over 20 world-leading research institutions have now adopted the Altmetric for Institutions analytics platform to monitor and report on the engagement and attention surrounding their research outputs. First launched in June 2014, the platform aggregates mentions of an… Read More
HealthCanal and UBM Medica US renew marketing and distribution partnership - January 27, 2015
HealthCanal.com, an online health newswire, has announced that it will continue its marketing and distribution partnership with UBM Medica US. One of the largest media companies in the United States serving the healthcare industry, UBM Medica US delivers integrated and strategic… Read More
UBM Canon and Science@OC partner to support STEM education in Southern California - January 27, 2015
UBM Canon and Science@OC have announced their 2015 partnership to promote education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). This will mark the second of a three-year collaboration. The partnership will also include a STEM Education Day on February 10, 2015, at UBM Canon's Advanced Manufacturing… Read More
