Reg Erhardt Library, SAIT Polytechnic selects YBP Library Services as primary monograph vendor - September 22, 2014
YBP Library Services (YBP), the academic division of Baker & Taylor, has announced that the Reg Erhardt Library at SAIT Polytechnic has selected YBP as their primary monograph vendor. Located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, SAIT Polytechnic is known as a leader… Read More
All CERN-authored articles published in APS journal collection to be Open Access - September 19, 2014
The American Physical Society (APS) and The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) have announced a partnership to make all CERN-authored articles published in the APS journal collection to be Open Access. Articles in APS' Physical Review Letters, Physical Review D, and… Read More
Silvercloud Health and Wiley partner to provide online therapeutic solutions - September 18, 2014
SilverCloud Health, a global provider of online behavioural and wellness solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Wiley, a global provider of education, medical and psychological information for professionals, patients, researchers and students alike. The partnership will see the creation of a… Read More
ProQuest announces ebooks partnership with leading Irish Booksellers - September 17, 2014
ProQuest Ebooks has partnered with O'Mahony's, Irish booksellers and library suppliers, to deliver key content from leading publishers to institutions across Ireland and the UK. This new partnership will enable O'Mahony's customers to purchase over 600,000 ebook titles, which can be chosen title-by-title and then… Read More
SAGE partners with Golden Goose Award to support seemingly peculiar research that makes a big impact - September 17, 2014
Academic and professional publisher SAGE has announced its partnering sponsorship of the 2014 Golden Goose Award. Conceived in 2012 by Congressman Jim Cooper (D-TN), the purpose of the award is to honour researchers whose federally funded work may not have seemed to have significant practical applications… Read More
Australian Research Council selects Elsevier’s Scopus for ERA 2015 assessment - September 16, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier recently announced that the Australian Research Council (ARC) has selected Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific literature, as the bibliometric provider for its 2015 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment. This is the third consecutive time Scopus has… Read More
SAGE acquires Symposium Journals, strengthens education journal portfolio - September 16, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the purchase of education journals publisher, Symposium Journals Limited. The sale was announced jointly by Roger Osborn-King of Symposium Journals and Ziyad Marar, SAGE's Global Publishing Director. With a journals publishing career spanning nearly 40 years, Roger founded Symposium Journals… Read More
Thomson Reuters and BMJ Publishing collaborate to optimise peer review process - September 15, 2014
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a collaboration with British Medical Journals (BMJ), a publisher of healthcare research, to optimise the efficiency of the article peer-review process and solve the industry-wide problem of reviewer fatigue by utilizing ScholarOne Reviewer Locator, an extension… Read More
Retraction Watch and PRE partner to support journals and editors in providing quality content - September 15, 2014
Retraction Watch, launched in 2010 in an effort to increase the transparency of the retraction process among scholarly publication, and PRE (Peer Review Evaluation), which was formed to support publishers in promoting trust and transparency related to peer review, will work together to share information related… Read More
Elsevier and SEEI launch Elsevier-SEEI Center of Academic Research Evaluation - September 12, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Shanghai Education Evaluation Institute (SEEI) have announced the launch of the Elsevier-SEEI Center of Academic Research Evaluation (CARE). The announcement was made during an opening ceremony held at in Xuhui, Shanghai, within the Centre for Higher Education Development and Assessment.… Read More
