CrossRef and California Digital Library in deal to extend discoverability of scholarly publications - August 7, 2014
CrossRef and the California Digital Library (CDL) have signed an agreement that opens a route for library publishers to participate in the scholarly communications hub created by CrossRef. Through the agreement, publishers using CDL's EZID digital identifier service may now choose to… Read More
SirsiDynix and Mackin announce e-resource central agreement - August 7, 2014
SirsiDynix and Mackin Education Resources are working together to bring audiobooks, video resources, and nearly 300,000 eBooks to the eResource Central (eRC) ecosystem. Mackin has provided library and classroom services for grades PK-12 for over 30 years; its collections will extend the… Read More
O’Reilly Media acquires Pearson’s 50 percent interest in Safari Books Online, attains full ownership - August 6, 2014
O'Reilly Media, Inc. has acquired Pearson's 50 percent interest in Safari Books Online, LLC. Safari is now a wholly owned subsidiary of O'Reilly. Developed by O'Reilly and launched as a joint venture with Pearson in 2001, Safari will continue to operate as an independent entity offering… Read More
Springer announces five-year renewal agreement with Chile’s CINCEL - August 6, 2014
STM publisher Springer has entered into a five-year renewal agreement with the Consorcio para el Acceso a la Información Científica Electrónica (CINCEL) in Chile. The new deal extends access to Springer's published research to more than twice as many institutions. The national consortium of CINCEL… Read More
Thieme expands partnership with Student Osteopathic Medical Association - August 6, 2014
Scientific, medical and academic publisher Thieme has announced an expansion of its partnership with the Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA). SOMA has chosen Atlas of Anatomy, Second Edition, by Anne M. Gilroy et al., as the main premium for new SOMA members for the 2014-2015 membership… Read More
Swets adds OpenAthens to its portfolio of Access Management services for libraries - August 4, 2014
Information services provider Swets, Netherlands, has signed a reseller agreement with Eduserv, the non-profit dedicated to developing and delivering technology services for the public sector. This agreement sees Swets adding the OpenAthens advanced access management system to its portfolio of Access Management services for libraries. … Read More
Oxford University Press set to publish International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology as a fully open-access journal - July 31, 2014
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced its new relationship with the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP). Beginning in 2015, OUP and CINP will partner to publish International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology (IJNP) as a fully open-access journal. IJNP serves as a major forum for… Read More
Wellcome Library and Jisc announce partners in 19th century medical collections digitisation project - July 31, 2014
The Wellcome Library and Jisc have announced nine partner institutions whose holdings will be digitised and added to the UK Medical Heritage Library, an online resource for the history of medicine and related sciences. Six university libraries have joined the partnership… Read More
IHS and Oxford University Press in deal to bring authoritative engineering reference books to broad engineering community - July 28, 2014
IHS Inc., a global source of critical information and insight, and Oxford University Press (OUP) recently announced that a collection of authoritative engineering reference books from OUP have been integrated into the IHS cloud-based technical research solution. This solution, called IHS Knowledge… Read More
Doctor Evidence to provide a comprehensive clinical evidence platform to support Elsevier Clinical Solutions’ global clinical product suite - July 25, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that Elsevier Clinical Solutions' Evidence-based Medicine Center (EBM Center) has reached an agreement with Doctor Evidence LLC (DRE) to provide the platform engine supporting the Clinical Solutions' suite of evidence-based clinical solutions. DRE will configure databases with high quality data… Read More
