Eight new publishers to join University Press Content Consortium in 2014 - June 19, 2013
Eight distinguished scholarly presses, including the recently-revived University of Missouri Press and the Chinese University Press, are confirmed to join the University Press Content Consortium (UPCC) and make their books available digitally on the Project MUSE platform in 2014. Cornell University Press, Northern Illinois University Press,… Read More
Scope partners with AAPA to provide ‘Big Data’ services - June 18, 2013
Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of content enhancement and knowledge services, has entered into a partnership with the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), the US national professional society for physician assistants, to provide big data analytics solutions. Scope has considerable experience in… Read More
Elsevier to pair educational content with ClaimGear, CollaborateMD’s online medical billing and coding solutions - June 14, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it is pairing its educational content with ClaimGear, CollaborateMD's online solution for medical billing and coding education. CollaborateMD, a provider of online medical practice management and medical billing solutions, has been providing ClaimGear to the academic arena since 2007.… Read More
EBSCO and Al Manhal in deal to add Arabic content to EBSCO Discovery Service - June 14, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), US, has announced that collections from Al Manhal, the largest provider of electronic resources in the Arab world, will now be searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The agreement between EBSCO and Al Manhal will allow metadata for their… Read More
Thomson Reuters and One Mind for Research collaborate to advance traumatic brain injury knowledge - June 13, 2013
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced an extension of its relationship with One Mind™ for Research to further the understanding of the central nervous system (CNS) and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) through tranSMART. tranSMART is an open source data sharing and… Read More
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice moves to BioMed Central - June 13, 2013
The Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice (JoPPP), formerly known as Southern Med Review, has transferred to BioMed Central. BioMed Central will support the journal in its continued growth and development, and will promote the journal further to become a leading voice in the scientific dialogue… Read More
American Geophysical Union and Wiley partner to publish new OA journal - June 12, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) have announced a partnership to publish the new open access peer-reviewed journal, Earth's Future. The journal will begin accepting submissions form June 17. Earth's Future will emphasize the Earth as an interactive, evolving system… Read More
AAMC and BMJ announce collaboration to create innovative online learning resources - June 12, 2013
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and BMJ have announced a collaboration to create innovative online learning resources that will support clinical teams and health systems in their transition to new payment models. The collaboration was conceived following the establishment of the Bundled Payments for… Read More
IEEE-SA and European Patent Office renew MoU - June 12, 2013
The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) and the European Patent Office (EPO) have renewed their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) confirming their commitment to work together to better serve industry worldwide. The first agreement of this kind between the two organisations was signed in July 2009. The… Read More
OSA partners with Chinese institutes to launch new OA journal - June 12, 2013
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced the launch and publication of the first issue of its newest peer-reviewed, open-access journal, Photonics Research. The journal is being published in partnership with the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) and Chinese Laser Press (CLP). Photonics… Read More
