Plastics Engineering e-book collection now available on ScienceDirect - May 23, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and Hanser Publishers, the premier publisher of plastics technology and applied materials titles, have announced that the companies will offer plastics researchers and engineers a new plastics e-book collection on ScienceDirect. Plastics Engineering from Hanser on ScienceDirect includes more than 55… Read More
EBSCO Information Services and EBSCO Publishing businesses to merge - May 23, 2013
EBSCO Industries, Inc. has announced that the EBSCO Information Services (EIS) and EBSCO Publishing (EP) businesses will merge on July 1, 2013, and will operate as a single business under the name EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO). Tim Collins, a 26-year EBSCO veteran and previously President of… Read More
Optimal Medicine and Wiley collaborate to enhance a new clinical decision support solution for mental health disorders - May 23, 2013
Optimal Medicine, a personalized medicine company dedicated to improving healthcare through state-of-the-art software, and publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. have announced their collaboration on mehealthT, an online clinical decision support for mental health disorders. mehealthT enables clinicians to provide patient-centric care, informed by evidence-based… Read More
AIAA and PCG announce new sales representation arrangement in North America and Latin America - May 23, 2013
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has partnered with Publishers Communication Group (PCG) on a new sales representation arrangement in North America and Latin America. In this exclusive agreement, PCG will manage sales of the publisher's journals, journal archives, meeting papers, and ebook content… Read More
Globe University selects VitalSource Bookshelf platform to launch e-learning solutions - May 23, 2013
Vital Source Technologies, Inc., an Ingram Content Group company, has announced that Globe University has selected its VitalSource Bookshelf platform to launch e-learning solutions to educators and students throughout the Globe University system. Globe University is a comprehensive system of career colleges, universities and training centers… Read More
Association of Educational Publishers and Association of American Publishers announce merger agreement - May 22, 2013
The Association of Educational Publishers and the Association of American Publishers have announced an agreement to merge, combining AEP’s quality programming and professional development with AAP’s public policy advocacy to provide the strongest services for the preK-12 education publishing industry in a rapidly changing environment. … Read More
IMS Health acquires 360 Vantage - May 22, 2013
Information, technology and services provider IMS Health has announced the acquisition of 360 Vantage, a provider of cloud-based multi-channel CRM and closed loop marketing technologies. It is expected that this acquisition will further extend the company’s commercial Software-as-a-Service capabilities for life sciences and healthcare organisations around… Read More
Elsevier and GSA collaborate to add over 60,000 maps to Geofacets research tool - May 21, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a collaboration with The Geological Society of America (GSA), a prestigious society serving geosciences professionals worldwide. The collaboration will formally launch in September through the integration of more than 60,000 geological maps from GSA’s flagship journals, book series and the… Read More
Official journal of the Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine moves to BioMed Central’s OA platform - May 21, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AOEM) has moved to BioMed Central's open access publishing platform. AOEM is the official academic journal of The Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (KSOEM). KSOEM was formed in… Read More
Aries Systems in deal to make Editorial Manager peer review system available to Taylor & Francis journals - May 17, 2013
Online submission system provider Aries Systems Corporation, US, and publisher Taylor & Francis entered into a global enterprise agreement to make the Editorial Manager peer review system available to Taylor & Francis journals. Taylor & Francis has grown rapidly over the… Read More