EBSCO and EOS International partnership to enhance library discovery - July 17, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO and EOS International, a leader in cloud computing library automation software, have announced a new partnership to bring more choice to libraries looking for a discovery solution. A joint development schedule will enable more tightly integrated access between EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS)… Read More
The Dutch Publishers Association creates e-textbook offering with VitalSource Bookshelf platform - July 17, 2013
Vital Source Technologies, Inc., an Ingram Content Group company, and CB, a Netherlands-based educational content provider, have announced an agreement with the Dutch Publishers Association to develop a comprehensive e-textbook fulfillment platform for the higher education system throughout the region. Publishers that are members of… Read More
Elsevier to provide 25 ROSATOM affiliated research institutes with access to ScienceDirect and Scopus - July 16, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has extended its collaboration with Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM) by providing 25 research institutes with access to ScienceDirect and Scopus as part of its Knowledge Management Program. Launched in 2011, ROSATOM's Knowledge Management Program offers its researchers an infrastructure to… Read More
Springer and Bookshare in deal to make content available globally to people with print disabilities - July 16, 2013
STM publisher Springer has signed an agreement to provide Bookshare with world rights to its titles. Bookshare provides people with visual impairments, physical disabilities and/or learning disabilities access to copyrighted digital accessible books. Springer published more than 7,500 book titles in 2012, and it is home… Read More
LexisNexis merges MEDai into healthcare business - July 16, 2013
LexisNexis Risk Solutions recently completed an agreement with its sister company Elsevier to transfer MEDai, its clinical-analytics-focused business unit, to the LexisNexis healthcare business. LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Elsevier are both part of Reed Elsevier Group plc. The combined organisation will allow LexisNexis to offer… Read More
HighWire Press and Tizra announce strategic partnership - July 16, 2013
HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, has announced a strategic partnership with Tizra to extend ebook functionality and integration to the HighWire Open Platform. Combining an intuitive web control panel with uniquely integrated content remixing, ecommerce, SEO and mobile web capabilities, Tizra… Read More
Ukrainian research institutions to benefit from broader access to Elsevier content and solutions - July 12, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced its cooperation with the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science in order to provide access to Elsevier's scientific databases for sixty Ukrainian research institutions. A Declaration of Intent for Cooperation has been signed by the Ministry of Education and Science… Read More
MetaMetrics partners with five major publishers to provide Quantile measures for over 30 new mathematics textbooks - July 12, 2013
MetaMetrics, developer of The Quantile Framework for Mathematics, recently collaborated with five major publishers to provide Quantile measures for more than 30 new mathematics textbooks that cover materials intended for students in Kindergarten to 10th grade. These textbooks will join over 600 textbooks and 3,500 resources… Read More
Thomson Reuters acquires BioWorld - July 11, 2013
BioWorld and its companion publication Medical Device Daily (MDD) have been acquired by Thomson Reuters, a leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. It is expected that joining Thomson Reuters will allow the company to further invest in innovation and to grow its… Read More
Baker & Taylor and Bookmasters, Inc announce strategic partnership - July 11, 2013
Baker & Taylor, a distributor of digital and physical books, has entered into a strategic partnership with Bookmasters, Inc., a provider of publisher services. This partnership will expand Baker & Taylor's portfolio of value-added services to include the full suite of high quality services Bookmasters currently… Read More
