The Wellcome Library and Jisc sign new three year agreement to digitise over 10 million pages - March 26, 2014
The Wellcome Library and Jisc have signed a new three year agreement for the digitisation of more than 10 million pages of 19th century published works. These are focused on medicine and related disciplines and drawn from university and other research libraries… Read More
McGraw-Hill Professional in deal with Atypon to power McGraw-Hill Education eBook library - March 26, 2014
McGraw-Hill Professional, a division of McGraw-Hill Education, has signed an agreement with Atypon for Literatum to power the McGraw-Hill Education eBook Library. McGraw-Hill Professional chose the Literatum platform to manage, deliver and monetise their content and provide more valuable features to librarians and readers. The… Read More
Foremost research organisation uses Web of Science to evaluate and enhance funding decisions - March 25, 2014
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a collaboration with Susan G. Komen, the world's largest breast cancer organisation. As part of this relationship, Susan G. Komen will have special access to Thomson Reuters Web of Science to contextualise and determine… Read More
McGraw-Hill Professional partners with 3M Cloud Library to expand availability of eBook collection to public and school library customers - March 25, 2014
McGraw-Hill Professional, a division of McGraw-Hill Education, is expanding availability of its eBook collection to public and school library customers through a new partnership with the 3M Cloud Library. McGraw-Hill Professional's catalogue is one of the premier eBook collections in the world for business, consumer,… Read More
De Gruyter Open expands medicine journals portfolio - March 24, 2014
Open Access Publisher De Gruyter Open has announced a partnership with the Serbian University of Kragujevac to publish the Serbian Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research as well as with the Medical University of Lublin, Poland, to provide professional publishing services from March 2014 for Current… Read More
Preservica and Civica partner to bring streamlined digital preservation services to libraries, museums and archives - March 24, 2014
Preservica, a world leader in digital preservation technology, consulting and research has announced a new partnership with Civica Library Solutions. As a certified reseller, Civica will offer Preservica's active preservation platform as part of its suite of solutions that enable libraries, museums… Read More
IET and KISTI sign MoU to disseminate scientific information in Korea - March 21, 2014
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide and disseminate scientific information. This strategic alliance will allow 160 KESLI (Korean Electronic Site License Initiative) members in South Korea… Read More
ACCUCOMS closes deals with Latin American Consortia on behalf of the Royal Society of Chemistry - March 20, 2014
ACCUCOMS, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers, has closed two important deals on behalf of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) with two of the most important academic library consortia in Latin America. They are Argentinian CONICET (Consejo Nacional… Read More
Maney Publishing participates with Kudos to raise research impact - March 20, 2014
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced its participation in the Kudos pilot scheme. Launching in April 2014, Kudos will provide recent Maney authors with the chance to explain their work in simplified terms (to increase its accessibility), to share these explanations via email and… Read More
Tor Vergata University of Rome joins the Italian Alma Early Adopter programme - March 20, 2014
Library automation solutions provider, Ex Libris Group, has announced that the Tor Vergata University of Rome is the first institution to join the Italian Alma Early Adopters' programme. Having committed to become early adopters earlier this year, Tor Vergata and three other institutions will work with… Read More
