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
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
