Wiley partners with Snapwiz to launch online learning tool WilePLUS with ORION - May 10, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, and Snapwiz, a US-based company that specialises in adaptive and personalised learning solutions, have announced the launch of WileyPLUS with ORION. This is projected as the initial offering to come out of a new partnership aimed at giving students… Read More
Routledge to publish ‘North American Actuarial Journal’ in 2013 - May 10, 2013
Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group, has partnered with the Society of Actuaries (SOA) to publish the North American Actuarial Journal (NAAJ) in 2013. NAAJ is said to scientifically address the domestic and international problems, interests and concerns of actuaries, their customers and… Read More
Coursera in partnership with SAGE to supplement online courses with free digital content - May 9, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a partnership with Coursera, a provider of massive open online courses (MOOCs), to expand the availability of high-quality educational resources to more than three million Coursera students. The partnership will grant Coursera instructors the option to supplement their video lectures with… Read More
Accelrys, Pfizer extend pact for scientific innovation lifecycle management software - May 9, 2013
Accelrys, Inc., a US-based provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, has announced that Pfizer, Inc. has signed a three-year contract with Accelrys, extending the companies' existing strategic partnership. The agreement continues the global deployment of the Accelrys Enterprise Platform, Pipeline Pilot, Cheminformatics Suite and Modeling… Read More
IUA renews alliance with Thomson Reuters for use of research evaluation tool InCites - May 8, 2013
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has announced a renewed four-year commitment with the Irish Universities Association (IUA) to demonstrate the efficiency and global impact of Ireland's scientific research. The indicators of Thomson Reuters InCites, a customised, web-based research… Read More
SCL Health System opts for Health Language software to streamline ICD-10 conversion - May 8, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that SCL Health System (SCLHS) has selected its Health Language software as part of SCLHS's strategic roadmap to ICD-10 implementation. The Leap I-10 solution will be leveraged to help the 2250-bed health system mitigate financial risk, improve… Read More
Bioscience Research Journals articles made available on EBSCO Discovery Service - May 8, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO, US, has announced that BioOne Online Journals will be searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). According to the company, EDS users can search more than 100,000 scholarly articles from bioscience research and the addition of this resource adds to STM content available… Read More
Serials Solutions’ Summon service indexes books from Taiwanese publisher Wu-Nan - May 8, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that it continues to broaden the scope of Chinese-language content in the Summon service through an agreement to index more than 1,000 books from Taiwanese publisher Wu-Nan Book Co. Ltd. Wu-Nan will provide metadata and partial full-text for Summon… Read More
Charlesworth Group to provide XML services for new journal from Johns Hopkins centre - May 8, 2013
The Charlesworth Group has been chosen by Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs (JHUCCP) to help launch and provide XML typesetting services for the latter's new online open access journal, Global Health: Science and Practice (GHSP). The new journal is using Charlesworth Group's XML production… Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins content to be indexed on EBSCO Discovery Service - May 7, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO and healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health) have come to an agreement allowing metadata from WK Health's Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) journals on the Ovid institutional research platform to be added to EBSCO Discovery Service… Read More
