IET’s essential engineering intelligence now available to over 1 million researchers and academics in China - January 22, 2013
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and Chinese engineering portal EEFOCUS have announced a partnership that will see the IET’s essential engineering intelligence made available to over 1 million researchers and academics throughout China. A sample selection of articles from the IET Digital Library will… Read More
ebrary closes 2012 with more than 100 new publishers signed - January 21, 2013
ebrary, a ProQuest business, is celebrating a pair of significant achievements as 2013 gets underway. This year marks the 10th anniversary of its flagship product, Academic Complete, a scholarly e-book subscription collection, now used in thousands of university libraries worldwide. The anniversary comes as the company… Read More
CLS Communication acquires 4-Text in Berlin - January 21, 2013
Language service provider CLS Communication has acquired 4-Text Software-Lokalisierung und technische Übersetzungen GmbH, a Berlin-based quality provider of technical documentation. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. The former owners of the company will support the integration phase for an agreed period. … Read More
Springer and Scion collaborate to publish New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science - January 18, 2013
STM publisher Springer and Scion, a New Zealand Crown Research Institute, will cooperate to publish the New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science, starting in January 2013. As of Volume 43, Issue 1, the journal will be part of the SpringerOpen portfolio. As a fully sponsored open… Read More
Duke University Press and HighWire Press expand partnership to include e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection - January 18, 2013
Duke University Press and HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, have announced a major expansion of their partnership to include the e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection. Beginning with the 2014 collection, e-Duke Books, an annual collection of at least 100 new electronic books published… Read More
IEEE-SA teams up with SAE International and DIN to organise event on electric vehicles - January 18, 2013
Technical professional organisation IEEE, US, has announced that the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) is collaborating with DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V.), the German Institute for Standardisation, and SAE International, the global body of engineers and technical professionals developing volunteer consensus standards for passenger cars,… Read More
ACCUCOMS launches user interaction programme for Elsevier in Turkey - January 17, 2013
ACCUCOMS, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers, has announced that it will train Elsevier users in Turkey as part of a newly launched user interaction programme. The user interaction programme trains researchers and librarians in the use of Elsevier's… Read More
Wiley acquires assets of FIZ Chemie Berlin - January 16, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced that it has acquired the assets of the FIZ Chemie Berlin, a provider of online database products for organic and industrial chemists. The acquisition aligns with the company’s long-term strategy to support research, learning, and professional practice through… Read More
WK Health and Natural Standard partner to provide access to Natural Standard Database via Ovid’s medical research platform - January 16, 2013
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, and Natural Standard, the authority on integrative medicine, have announced a partnership to expand access to Natural Standard Database through Ovid’s medical research platform. Produced by The Natural Standard Research Collaboration, this up-to-date repository contains thousands of evidence-based systematic… Read More
EBSCO Publishing and Ingram partner to make eBooks on EBSCOhost available via the OASIS library platform - January 16, 2013
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and Ingram Content Group Inc., a subsidiary of Nashville-based Ingram Industries Inc., have announced an agreement aimed at benefiting mutual customers of Ingram’s OASIS (Online Acquisitions and Selection Information System) and eBooks on EBSCOhost. The agreement will allow… Read More
