Elsevier and The Geological Society of America collaborate to integrate more than 80,000 maps into Geofacets - October 2, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Geological Society of America (GSA) have announced that geological maps from GSA's leading line of journals and books have been integrated into Geofacets, Elsevier's research tool for geoscientists working in exploration. The collaboration means that geoscientists in subscribing companies… Read More
Springer set to publish international journal Academic Psychiatry - October 2, 2013
STM publisher Springer has announced that it will publish the journal, Academic Psychiatry, beginning January 2014. Springer will publish the journal in partnership with the Association for Academic Psychiatry, American Association of Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry, American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and… Read More
IHS to make Maney Materials Science and Engineering Books available via IHS Knowledge Collections - October 2, 2013
IHS, a global source of information and analytics, has announced a partnership with academic publisher Maney Publishing. Under the deal, IHS acquires the ability to resell hundreds of Maney titles in the Materials Science and Engineering subject areas. Key Maney titles… Read More
OCLC acquires Dutch library systems provider HKA - October 2, 2013
Computer library service OCLC has acquired the shares of Huijsmans en Kuijpers Automatisering (HKA), a Dutch organisation that develops, implements and manages systems for libraries, educational and cultural organisations. The addition of HKA, which offers the Wise line of library systems and services, enhances and… Read More
Elsevier collaborates with Qatar University to provide access to SciVal Experts - October 1, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced its collaboration with Qatar University by providing access to SciVal Experts, allowing for effective management of researcher profiles and subject area expertise identification for future collaboration projects. SciVal Experts, a product of Elsevier's SciVal research management solutions, is a researcher… Read More
IHS and Springer expand partnership to deliver engineering and industry-specific technical knowledge - October 1, 2013
IHS Inc., a global source of critical information and insight, has announced an expanded partnership agreement with STM publisher Springer. This expanded agreement allows IHS to globally sell Springer's Engineering eBook Collection, Industry Collections and the SpringerMaterials database, including Landolt-Börnstein New… Read More
Wolters Kluwer completes disposal of French healthcare publishing activities to Galilée - October 1, 2013
Wolters Kluwer has announced that it has completed the disposal of its French healthcare publishing activities to Galilée. This divestiture is part of the broader Pharma divestment program originally announced in July 2011. Since that time, the pharma-related assets have been treated as assets held for… Read More
Oxford University Press joins OAPEN-UK project - October 1, 2013
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) is joining OAPEN-UK, a collaborative research project exploring open access (OA) scholarly monograph publishing in the humanities and social sciences. OAPEN-UK is co-funded by Jisc and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and is gathering data in order to… Read More
Springer signs deal to provide NYU access to more than a century of scientific content - September 30, 2013
STM publisher Springer has entered into an agreement to provide New York University (NYU) with the entire English-language contents of its Springer Book Archives (SBA). This deal grants access to around 50,000 English-language titles to researchers, students and faculty at one of the nation's top-ranked universities.… Read More
Hawaii Department of Education selects McGraw-Hill Education’s Reading Wonders program for state-wide use - September 30, 2013
Digital learning company McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced that the Hawaii Department of Education has selected McGraw-Hill Reading Wonders – the first-to-market K-6 core reading program built from the ground up to address the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts – as the exclusive… Read More
