Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and BC Partners in deal to merge majority of Macmillan Science and Education with Springer Science+Business Media - January 16, 2015
Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (Holtzbrinck) and BC Partners (BCP) have reached an agreement to merge Springer Science+Business Media (owned by funds advised by BCP) in its entirety with the majority of Holtzbrinck-owned Macmillan Science and Education (MSE), namely Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan and the global businesses… Read More
Elsevier acquires media monitoring company Newsflo - January 16, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the acquisition of Newsflo, a London-based company that helps researchers and academic institutions to measure the wider impact of their work by tracking and analysing media coverage of their publications and findings. Currently Newsflo tracks over 55,000 English-speaking global media… Read More
California Digital Library, UC Libraries, and Internet Archive’s Archive-It Service announce new partnership - January 16, 2015
The California Digital Library (CDL) and the UC Libraries are partnering with Internet Archive’s Archive-It Service. In the coming year, CDL’s Web Archiving Service (WAS) collections and all core infrastructure activities, i.e., crawling, indexing, search, display, and storage, will be transferred to Archive-It. This new partnership… Read More
Astronomical Society of the Pacific and IOP Publishing announce publishing partnership - January 14, 2015
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) and IOP Publishing (IOP) have announced a new partnership to publish the journal, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (PASP). Established in 1889, PASP has a long and illustrious history in the… Read More
OCLC acquires Sustainable Collection Services - January 14, 2015
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, has acquired Sustainable Collection Services (SCS), the industry leader in helping libraries manage their print collections. Libraries everywhere are changing. Library collections are moving from print to digital, and spaces once used to house books are… Read More
The American Medical Association selects Sheridan to produce commercial reprints and eprints from The JAMA Network - January 14, 2015
The American Medical Association has selected Sheridan to produce all reprints and ePrints offered through The JAMA Network, beginning January 1, 2015. The JAMA Network publishes some of the most highly cited and influential journals in the world. Reprints from JAMA or any of the 10… Read More
Elsevier and the Association for Nursing Professional Development collaborate to develop an online course to help new nurses transition to the clinical setting - January 13, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier and the Association for Nursing Professional Development (ANPD), an association focused on advancing the specialty practice of nursing professional development, have announced that they are collaborating to develop a cutting-edge eLearning course to help nursing professional development specialists successfully… Read More
Hearst Health announces venture investment in health optimization pioneer Welltok - January 12, 2015
Hearst Health, a unit of Hearst Corporation, announced a venture investment in Welltok, Inc., creator of the CaféWell platform, which allows insurers, hospitals and other health managers to work with consumers to help them achieve better health. The announcement was made by Richard P. Malloch, president… Read More
Cengage Learning and LearnLaunch partnership to accelerate technology start-ups - January 12, 2015
Education company Cengage Learning and LearnLaunch, an organization dedicated to expanding Boston's edtech ecosystem, have announced a partnership to boost the Boston edtech community. Recognising Boston as a center for both excellent education and technology innovation, Cengage Learning has made a commitment to participate in… Read More
OCLC’s Worldshare Interlibrary Loan service now fully integrated with British Library Document Supply Service to streamline ordering process - January 9, 2015
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, and the British Library now offer a new option for fast, flexible purchase from the British Library Document Supply Service that enables library staff to confirm the availability of required documents before placing… Read More
