Touch Medical Media launches series of free to access educational resources - January 29, 2013
Medical publisher Touch Medical Media recently launched a portfolio of new products including multimedia offerings and topic specific scientific monthly newsletters within four key clinical specialties – Endocrinology, Neurology, Oncology and Ophthalmology. The move follows the company's management buyout from Touch Briefings. The launch will… Read More
Informa to publish Chinese Medical Record: English Edition - January 25, 2013
Medical and scientific publisher Informa Healthcare has announced a new partnership with the Chinese Medical Record Association (part of the Chinese Hospital Association under the authority of the Ministry of Health) for the publication of Chinese Medical Record: English Edition. This marks an important step… Read More
Pensoft Publishers integrate journal platform with OpenAIRE - January 25, 2013
Academic publisher Pensoft Publishers has announced the integration of its editorial management platform (Pensoft Journal System) with its OpenAIRE harvesting mechanism. The integration will ensure that articles funded by the European Union's Seventh Framework Program (FP7) can automatically be tracked by OpenAIRE to make them even… Read More
OCLC and Gale expand partnership - January 24, 2013
Library information provider OCLC, US, and Gale, part of Cengage Learning, have agreed to make all Gale databases and archives fully discoverable through WorldCat Local, and to explore broadening discoverability of Gale collections through other applications available through the OCLC WorldShare Platform. OCLC and Gale… Read More
Copyright Clearance Center and Amigos Library Services announce partnership - January 24, 2013
Licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has announced a partnership with Amigos Library Services. Amigos is a not-for-profit consortium of more than 800 US libraries across 22 states that provides access to the latest innovations and services, continuing education, vendor discounts, and professional… Read More
Russian Government selects Scopus for national research assessment - January 23, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the Russian government has officially selected Scopus as a tool for its national research assessment. Measuring research performance forms a significant part of Russia's 'Science and Technology Development in 2013-2020' program as declared by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in… Read More
Thomson Reuters expands Book Citation Index through partnerships with top publishers - January 23, 2013
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the expansion of the Book Citation Index through partnerships with top publishers such as Elsevier, Johns Hopkins University Press and the University of Chicago Press. These publishers, among others, will greatly enhance available content in the… Read More
ProQuest set to acquire EBL - January 23, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ebook Library (EBL), which will significantly expand its e-book delivery and aggregation capabilities with libraries worldwide. The acquisition will further ProQuest's goal of enhancing the research experience, enabling users to seamlessly… Read More
Ingram adds Random House content to MyiLibrary e-book platform - January 23, 2013
Ingram Content Group, the provider of a range of physical and digital services to the book industry, has announced that it will now offer Random House, Inc. US titles to libraries via the MyiLibrary platform. Random House will add more than 36,000 titles to Ingram's… Read More
Oxford University Press acquires Nelson Thornes - January 22, 2013
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has acquired Nelson Thornes, extending OUP's range of educational publishing. OUP acquired the publisher from Infinitas Learning, one of Europe's leading providers of products and services for teaching and learning, for an undisclosed sum. Nelson Thornes covers a broad… Read More
