Penguin Group to distribute eBooks to public libraries via Axis 360 - September 30, 2013
Baker & Taylor, a distributor of digital and physical books, has announced that Penguin Group (USA) LLC's ebooks are available to all public libraries and consortia using the Axis 360 digital media platform. In Fall 2012, two Axis 360 libraries participated in a test program circulating… Read More
Springer set to publish journal portfolio of the Association for Behavior Analysis International - September 27, 2013
STM publisher Springer will collaborate with the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) to publish The Behavior Analyst, The Analysis of Verbal Behavior and Behavior Analysis in Practice, starting in 2014. The organisation's three journals will be available in print and electronically on Read More
Pearson and Denver Learning Institute partner to deliver online continuing education to business professionals - September 27, 2013
Pearson, a US-based provider of educational content and services, has partnered with the Denver Learning Institute (DLI), launched in June by Bridgepoint Education, to create continuing education courses needed by business people and working specialists who seek the knowledge necessary to complete national certification exams in… Read More
OMICS Group acquires African Journal of Psychiatry - September 26, 2013
OMICS Group Incorporation, a scientific organisation that drives the progress of research through scholarly open access journals, has announced the acquisition of the African Journal of Psychiatry. The African Journal of Psychiatry, under the umbrella of OMICS Group open access journals, is bound to fulfill the… Read More
Copyright Clearance Center joins Open Researcher and Contributor ID Initiative - September 26, 2013
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a not-for-profit organisation creating global licensing, content and Open Access (OA) solutions that make copyright work for everyone, has joined the Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) initiative. ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-based effort to… Read More
EBSCO and the Common Library Network in Germany partner to develop more options for discovery - September 25, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and the Common Library Network in Germany (GBV), one of the biggest library services in Germany, have signed an agreement to enable integrated access between EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) and GBV's VuFind service. GBV serves more than 250… Read More
Serials Solutions and Jisc Collections’ Knowledge Base+ announce new collaboration to improve library workflows - September 25, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced a collaboration with Jisc Collections KB+ to improve library workflows by transferring data from KB+ to the Serials Solutions knowledgebase. This cooperative effort will keep current data from Jisc Collections up to date in the Serials Solutions knowledgebase, saving… Read More
OUP plans Nelson Thornes transition for early 2014 - September 25, 2013
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced that Nelson Thornes will be formally integrated into Oxford University Press early in 2014. OUP, which is a department of the University of Oxford, acquired the educational publisher in January 2013. It has since operated Nelson Thornes as… Read More
Maney Publishing set to publish the Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute - September 25, 2013
Academic publisher Maney Publishing has partnered with the Deep Foundations Institute to publish DFI Journal - The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute from 2014. The journal publishes papers related to the broad area of deep foundations engineering and construction. Published biannually, the journal is an… Read More
Aberystwyth University partners with Emerald to launch Pathways to Information Leadership programme - September 25, 2013
Aberystwyth University, a public research university located in Aberystwyth, Wales, has teamed up with academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited and ASLIB, The Association for Information Management, to provide employees and employers across the globe with higher education accreditation in information leadership. 'Pathways to Information… Read More
