Wolters Kluwer Health and Prophecy Healthcare announce integration to improve clinical remediation using Lippincott’s Nursing Solutions - August 28, 2013
Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, and healthcare testing provider Prophecy Healthcare have announced a new integration that uses Lippincott's Nursing Solutions to deliver customised, virtual remediation plans within each caregiver's Prophecy Clinical Assessment results. This integration increases successful hire rates by seamlessly… Read More
Journal of Official Statistics moves content to Versita - August 27, 2013
Academic publisher Versita has announced that the Journal of Official Statistics, the flagship publication of Statistics Sweden, has moved to De Gruyter open access publishing platform. The national statistical office of Sweden, Statistics Sweden (SCB), recently announced their decision to have their official quarterly -… Read More
JMLA and JPLA approve Portland Press’ first consortium proposal to Japan - August 23, 2013
Portland Press Limited has announced that their first consortium proposal to Japan has been approved by the Japan Medical Library Association (JMLA) and Japan Pharmaceutical Library Association (JPLA), by assistance of USACO Corporation, their exclusive agent in Japan. This consortium proposal allows JMLA and JPLA members… Read More
Nielsen in deal to acquire Bowker Business Intelligence and Commerce Solution products - August 22, 2013
Global information and measurement company Nielsen, US, and ProQuest affiliate R.R. Bowker, a provider of bibliographic information and management solutions, have signed a definitive agreement for Nielsen to acquire Bowker's Business Intelligence and Commerce Solutions products. This acquisition will build on Nielsen's existing global book intelligence… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health partners with Helix Health Solutions to distribute ProVation Medical software to a global market - August 21, 2013
Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has partnered with Helix Health Solutions to distribute its award-winning ProVation Medical software to a global market. Under the strategic partnership, Helix Health Solutions will focus on sales of ProVation solutions to healthcare organisations outside of North… Read More
British Library and National Library of Singapore partner to digitise Malay manuscripts - August 20, 2013
The British Library has signed an agreement with the National Library Board (NLB) of Singapore to put an extensive range of materials of interest to Singapore online. The agreement was signed by British Library's Chief Executive, Roly Keating, and Elaine Ng, the Chief Executive Officer of… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. collaborates with The Charlesworth Group to launch Chinese version website - August 20, 2013
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, US, has announced the launch of its new Chinese version website. The Chinese version has been developed in collaboration with The Charlesworth Group, extending easy access to Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.'s more than 80 industry-leading journals. This customised platform… Read More
Maney Publishing acquires Materials at High Temperatures journal - August 19, 2013
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has purchased Materials at High Temperatures, and will begin publishing the journal from 2014, in its materials science & engineering list. Published quarterly, Materials at High Temperatures serves the needs of designers and engineers who develop and use materials for… Read More
Research Libraries UK joins The European Library - August 19, 2013
The UK consortium of scholarly libraries, Research Libraries UK (RLUK), has recently joined The European Library, a membership organisation that provides services to researchers, with access to more than 200 million records and digital items from all of Europe's national libraries and a growing number of… Read More
Springer ownership change completed - August 16, 2013
The closing of the sale of Springer Science+Business Media (Springer) by funds advised by EQT and GIC to funds advised by BC Partners, which was announced on 19 June 2013, has now been finalised. Competition authorities in the US and in Europe have approved the transaction… Read More
