Taylor & Francis, Figshare partnership to make research more discoverable - January 31, 2014
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has announced a partnership with Figshare, an online repository which enables researchers to securely host, publish and share all their research. Authors who publish with Taylor & Francis journals will see their supplemental material in a new online format, as… Read More
American Psychological Association to publish American Journal of Orthopsychiatry - January 31, 2014
The American Psychological Association (APA) recently announced that it has become the publisher of the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (AJOP). The mission of the journal is to clarify, challenge, or reshape the prevailing understanding of factors in the prevention and correction of injustice and in the… Read More
Brill journal content directly available through INASP as part of Brill’s Developing Countries Program - January 31, 2014
Scholarly publisher Brill, Netherlands, and INASP have signed an agreement to make Brill journal content directly available through INASP as part of Brill's Developing Countries Program. Brill content is already included through EBSCO, but starting in 2014, the journal content will also be offered directly… Read More
Springer adds altmetrics information to all articles available on SpringerLink - January 30, 2014
STM publisher Springer has added altmetrics information to every article available on SpringerLink, the publishing company's online platform. The data is provided by Altmetric, a London-based start-up which tracks and analyzes the online activity around scholarly literature. The addition of this feature… Read More
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
