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
Oxford University Press set to publish Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan - September 11, 2013
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) and the Astronomical Society of Japan have announced a new publishing partnership for the journal Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (PASJ). OUP will assume publication of PASJ from January 2014. PASJ publishes papers on all aspects of… Read More
Alexander Street Press forms agreement with Leeds Metropolitan University, expands evidence-based acquisition - September 11, 2013
Electronic publisher Alexander Street Press has forged an agreement with England's Leeds Metropolitan University, establishing the publisher as a key resource for metrics-driven curation of library materials. The move follows the recent launch of the publisher's evidence-based acquisition (EBA) model. Effective immediately, patrons of Leeds… Read More
UC Berkeley and the University of Cambridge enter institutional arrangements for PeerJ memberships - September 11, 2013
PeerJ is pleased to announce that two research institutions UC Berkeley and the University of Cambridge have entered into new institutional arrangements to provide PeerJ memberships to their faculty. By doing so, any faculty member from these institutions who chooses to publish in PeerJ will have… Read More
EBL e-books now available via HARRASSOWITZ - September 10, 2013
HARRASSOWITZ, international booksellers and subscription agents, has announced a new distribution agreement with EBL – Ebook Library, an e-book aggregator for academic, corporate, and research libraries worldwide and a ProQuest business. Under the agreement, HARRASSOWITZ customers will have access to EBL's e-book catalogue, which features titles… Read More
Cambridge University Press partners with Knewton to develop a new generation of digital ELT products - September 9, 2013
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has announced a comprehensive partnership with leading adaptive learning company Knewton. Under the deal, Cambridge University Press will use Knewton technology to create personalised learning experiences in its industry-leading ELT digital products for students worldwide. The partnership will see Knewton… Read More
NASATI and Thomson Reuters announce strategic partnership to boost Vietnam’s National Science & Technology development - September 6, 2013
Thomson Reuters, a leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, and the National Agency for Science and Technology Information (NASATI) of Vietnam, have announced a strategic partnership to advance the initiatives of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) in accelerating Vietnam's science and… Read More
