Wolters Kluwer Health announces support for National Health IT Week - September 18, 2013
Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced its support for National Health IT (NHIT) Week, a week-long celebration of the value of health IT taking place September 16-20, 2013. Now in its eighth year, NHIT Week is a collaborative forum assembling… Read More
Maney set to publish CRANIO: The Journal of Craniomandibular & Sleep Practice - September 17, 2013
Academic publisher Maney Publishing has announced that it has purchased and will publish CRANIO: The Journal of Craniomandibular & Sleep Practice from the beginning of 2014. Published quarterly, CRANIO (currently published in Chattanooga, Tennessee) claims to be the oldest and largest journal in the world devoted… Read More
Elsevier and RSM in deal to provide RSM members with electronic access to peer-reviewed medical journals and reference book - September 16, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, recently announced an agreement with The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) to provide its 21,000 members with electronic access to thousands of peer-reviewed medical and surgical journals and reference books. The RSM will be able to offer its members access to more… Read More
WebAssign and Cengage Learning renew partnership - September 16, 2013
Educational content, software and services company Cengage Learning, Inc., US, and WebAssign, a major provider of online instructional tools, have announced the renewal of their long-standing alliance with a contract extension. WebAssign's unique capabilities combined with Cengage's trusted content enable both companies to provide educators and… Read More
Swets acquires Netherlands’ leading Law content expert, Jongbloed - September 16, 2013
Information services company Royal Swets & Zeitlinger, Netherlands, has completed the acquisition of Jongbloed, an expert in the supply of legal, fiscal and accountancy content. The arrangement will see Swets take control of the entire Jongbloed company, including both of its physical bookstores in The Hague… Read More
Springer and the Acoustical Society of America announce collaboration to publish books - September 13, 2013
STM publisher Springer and the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) have announced that they will collaborate to publish new books to bring important research to scientists and practitioners in the area of acoustics, as well as provide members of the ASA with a dedicated venue to… Read More
Harvard Business Review Press and EBSCO sign exclusive agreement - September 13, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced an agreement with the Harvard Business Review Press. The deal will allow EBSCO to create summaries of Harvard Business Review Press' books by the world's leading business thinkers, including John P. Kotter, Clayton Christensen, W. Chan Kim… Read More
ISPG selects USACO Corporation as exclusive sales agent in Japan for consortia and library sales - September 13, 2013
The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group (ISPG) has chosen USACO Corporation as its exclusive sales agent in Japan for consortia and library sales. USACO Corporation has already been able to attain the endorsement for the ISPG Collection from the Japanese Medical Library Association and the Japanese Pharmaceutical… Read More
Patients and Carers gain access to over 300 Wiley journals - September 12, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that it will join patientACCESS, a new program which offers low-cost access to medical and scientific research articles to patients and caregivers. From September 2013, 310 Wiley journals will join the international collaboration between publishers, the Association… Read More
Versita to publish International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering - September 12, 2013
Academic publisher Versita has announced a new partnership to publish International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering. The journal, published quarterly in association with the Society of Naval Architects of Korea (SNAK), is the first journal from Asia to be included in Versita’s collection of… Read More