Credo titles made available through YBP’s database, GOBI3 - May 7, 2013
Credo, a US-based provider of information and digital literacy solutions for libraries, has partnered with YBP Library Services to make its titles available for purchase through GOBI3, YBP's acquisition and collection management database. YBP is the academic division of Baker & Taylor. Libraries now have… Read More
JISC Collections Information Services purchases Springer Protocols - May 6, 2013
The JISC Collections Information Service, which provides all publicly funded research institutions in the UK with digital learning and research content, has bought the Springer Protocols. With this, all higher education and research institutions in the UK can expect to obtain free access to the largest… Read More
SAGE launches open access journal, ‘Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine’ - May 6, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of a new international open access (OA) journal, the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine (OJSM). This journal was developed by the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) in collaboration with professional sports medicine organisations from around the world.… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health and BMJ expand partnership, BMJ Clinical Evidence now available on Ovid - May 3, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has expanded its partnership with BMJ to be the exclusive aggregated information provider of the BMJ Clinical Evidence resource on its OvidSP platform. Ovid will offer BMJ Clinical Evidence to medical and academic institutions globally to support clinicians, researchers,… Read More
UBM Medica US and Ultrasound-Images announce marketing and distribution deal - May 3, 2013
Ultrasound-Images.com has announced a marketing and distribution partnership with UBM Medica US. Ultrasound-Images.com offers an extensive, free online gallery of high-resolution, ultrasound, colour Doppler, and 3-D images shared by medical professionals. UBM Medica US claims to be one of the largest… Read More
De Gruyter acquires German publisher Ontos - May 3, 2013
Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, has announced the acquisition of German publisher Ontos, effective May 1. Under the terms of the agreement, Dr. Rafael Hüntelmann, who founded Ontos in 2003, will continue to manage the publishing house's portfolio. All eBooks previously available at Ontos' website… Read More
ebrary adds titles from John Wiley & Sons to Academic Complete - May 2, 2013
ebrary, a ProQuest business, is expanding its flagship subscription database Academic Complete with 1,500 high quality titles from publisher John Wiley & Sons. The new content focuses on academic reading levels, and covers Wiley's imprints, including Bloomberg Press, Josey-Bass, Wiley, Wiley-Blackwell, Wrox, Sybex, and more.… Read More
Methodist Health System selects ProVation Medical software for documentation and coding - May 2, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that Methodist Health System has selected its ProVation Medical software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding. Headquartered in Omaha, Neb., Methodist Health System claims to be the oldest health system in Nebraska and southwestern Iowa and… Read More
HighWire Press to host British Journal of General Practice - May 2, 2013
HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, and the Royal College of General Practitioners have announced a strategic agreement to develop and host the British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) on the HighWire Open Platform. A highly respected peer-reviewed journal, the BJGP claims… Read More
Bioscientifica and Semantico in deal to develop new OA publication, EDM Case Reports - May 2, 2013
Online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd., UK, has announced a new working partnership with Bioscientifica, the commercial subsidiary of the Society for Endocrinology. After an open pitch Bioscientifica awarded Semantico the contract to develop Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism (EDM) Case Reports, a new open access publication.… Read More
