McGraw-Hill Education and ePals partner to expand global collaborative learning opportunities for K-12 students - April 17, 2013
McGraw-Hill Education, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has formed a collaboration with ePals Corporation, an education media company and a leading global learning network. The partnership pairs world-class content from McGraw-Hill Networks, McGraw-Hill Education's award-winning digital social studies learning program for Grades 6-12,… Read More
CCC and PubMatch partner to create Web-based sub-rights licensing service - April 17, 2013
Licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has announced a partnership with PubMatch, the book publishing portal and rights database jointly owned by Publishers Weekly and Combined Book Exhibit. Under the deal, CCC and PubMatch will create an automated, Web-based exchange for sub-rights deals… Read More
APS partners with ACCUCOMS for shared representation in Europe, Turkey and MENA - April 16, 2013
Non-profit membership organisation the American Physiological Society (APS) has signed an agreement with ACCUCOMS for shared representation in Europe, Turkey and MENA. The APS is devoted to fostering education, scientific research, and dissemination of information in the physiological sciences. The organisation… Read More
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation to implement NGL’s Reach for Reading Common Core Reading program - April 16, 2013
National Geographic Learning (NGL), part of Cengage Learning, has announced that its Reach for Reading product, a comprehensive K-5 Common Core reading program, has been adopted for use by the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation (EVSC) in Evansville, IN. As the third largest school district in the… Read More
Vital Source Technologies and B.i. Publications form joint venture to launch VitalSource Bookshelf e-textbook platform in India - April 16, 2013
Vital Source Technologies, Inc., the e-textbook arm of Ingram Content Group company, and B.i. Publications Pvt. Ltd. have agreed to form a joint venture, Ingram-B.i. Pvt. Ltd., to launch Ingram's comprehensive VitalSource Bookshelf e-textbook platform to institutions in India. B.i. Publications is an India-based distributor of… Read More
Impelsys and DataLore Inc. partner to offer branded eBookstores to schools and colleges in the Caribbean - April 16, 2013
Electronic content delivery solutions provider Impelsys, US, has entered into a partnership with DataLore Inc. in which the two companies will work together to offer branded eBookstores to schools and colleges located throughout the Caribbean region. The partners are currently developing a new eBook platform… Read More
Children’s Tumor Foundation ties up with Thomson Reuters for research funding schemas - April 12, 2013
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a partnership with the nonprofit Children's Tumor Foundation (CTF). The aim is to further the understanding of neurofibromatosis (NF) research by creating schemas that visually demonstrate the main pathways involved in NF and how the… Read More
CCC’s suite of Pubget document management solutions now available to Ovid’s global corporate institutional customer base - April 12, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, and licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, have announced a partnership to make available CCC's suite of Pubget document management solutions - PaperStream, RightSphere and PaperStats - to simplify institutional content discovery, compliance… Read More
Waseda University Library becomes first in Asia to acquire the Springer Book Archives - April 12, 2013
STM publisher Springer has announced that the Waseda University Library, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, has acquired the English-language Springer Book Archives (SBA). Members of the university community now have online access to Springer content dating back to 1842 via SpringerLink, Springer's online platform.… Read More
The Virtual Library of Virginia and the Washington Research Library Consortium sign eBook deal with Springer - April 11, 2013
STM publisher Springer has signed a major deal with the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) and the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC). The agreement gives students and researchers from across more than 80 campuses access to Springer eBook content. With the completion of this deal,… Read More