Springer Science+Business Media acquires Planète Permis SAS - January 29, 2014
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media (Springer) has acquired the French publisher of driving school materials, Planète Permis SAS, based in Gertwiller (Alsace), France. The acquisition complements the existing driving school and road safety publishing activities of Springer. Springer Science+Business Media is… Read More
American University of Kuwait selects EBSCO Information Services as e-book supplier for 2014 - January 29, 2014
The American University of Kuwait (AUK), an independent, private and coeducational liberal arts institution of higher education, has selected EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) as its e-book supplier for 2014. The university spent many months evaluating different e-book collections from various suppliers. … Read More
McGraw-Hill Professional and RelayHealth partner to provide patient education resources on AccessMedicine platforms - January 29, 2014
McGraw-Hill Professional, a division of McGraw-Hill Education, has announced that its premier online medical platform, AccessMedicine, now offers more than 7,000 downloadable patient monographs in nine languages through a partnership with RelayHealth. RelayHealth, McKesson's connectivity business, provides solutions to enable constituents across healthcare to exchange information… Read More
GEN Grupo Editorial Nacional selects Ingram’s Vital Source for e-content distribution and support - January 29, 2014
Ingram Content Group Inc. has announced that GEN Grupo Editorial Nacional (Grupo GEN), a scientific, technical and professional publisher group in Brazil, has selected its Vital Source solution for e-textbook and digital content production, management and distribution. Grupo GEN has plans to make more than… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health and Laerdal Medical unveil virtual simulation learning tool for nursing students, vSim for Nursing - January 28, 2014
Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of information and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry, and Laerdal Medical, a provider of simulation solutions for healthcare, have introduced vSim for Nursing™, an online learning solution. Co-developed by Wolters Kluwer Health and Laerdal Medical, vSim for Nursing… Read More
ProQuest and Ex Libris collaborate to improve research workflows - January 28, 2014
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, and library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group have announced a collaboration to make their key services work better together to improve user experience and support customer choice. The most immediate benefit for mutual customers… Read More
Content providers worldwide partner with OCLC to improve library workflows for e-content - January 28, 2014
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, has finalised agreements with 17 publishers worldwide to add valuable electronic collections to the WorldCat database, the most comprehensive online catalogue of resources available through libraries worldwide. Incorporating bibliographic data that link to these collections into… Read More
Gale and Portico extend partnership to preserve remaining digital collections - January 27, 2014
Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, and Portico, a not-for-profit digital preservation service, have announced an extension of their relationship to preserve the majority of Gale's remaining digital archives. The organisations have previously… Read More
ASM Press titles now available to order via Swets’ online content management and procurement platform, SwetsWise - January 27, 2014
Information services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Press has agreed to make its titles available to order via SwetsWise, Swets' online content management and procurement platform. The American Society for Microbiology is the oldest… Read More
The Charlesworth Group and the American Medical Association renew agency agreement covering sales in China - January 27, 2014
The Charlesworth Group has announced that it has renewed the agency agreement with the American Medical Association covering sales in China. The Charlesworth Group has a longstanding relationship with the AMA, and has supported its activities in China since 2006. The AMA is responsible for… Read More
