Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation collaborates with Elsevier to gain access to ScienceDirect and Scopus - February 6, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced its collaboration with Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM), providing ROSATOM's major affiliated research organisations with access to Elsevier's ScienceDirect and Scopus. ROSATOM unites a number of Russia's key enterprises focusing on atomic power engineering, nuclear and radiation safety… Read More
Springer and Australian Neuroscience Society partner to publish series of book titles in neuroscience - February 5, 2013
STM publisher Springer and the Australian Neuroscience Society (ANS) have entered into a new partnership to publish a series of book titles in neuroscience. The new titles will be available via SpringerLink (link.springer.com). The society will maintain editorial direction for the books, while Springer will be… Read More
NISO, NFAIS publish Recommended Practices for Supplemental Journal Article Materials - February 5, 2013
The US' National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the National Federation for Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) have published a new Recommended Practice on Online Supplemental Journal Article Materials (NISO RP-15-2013). Supplemental materials are increasingly being added to journal articles, but until now… Read More
BMJ launches roadshow in India with launch of local edition - February 5, 2013
Medical publisher BMJ Group, UK, has said that it has taken to the road to talk to senior health professionals and political leaders across India. Starting in Delhi, BMJ editors and senior personnel will be joined by representatives from the British High Commission in a series… Read More
RSuite CMS joins Association of Educational Publishers - February 5, 2013
RSuite CMS, a content management system for publishers, recently joined the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) as an affiliate member. The AEP serves the diverse needs of the entire educational resource community, including publishers, content developers, IT professionals, service providers, researchers, instructors, and communication experts from… Read More
Elsevier and Kanazawa University in Japan team up to map university’s research performance - February 4, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced its collaboration with Kanazawa University in Japan by providing access to SciVal and consultative support in mapping the university's research performance. With the help of SciVal Consultants, Kanazawa University used SciVal to map out its research expertise and areas of… Read More
Elsevier and NWO announce collaboration with 5 year access agreement to Reviewer Finder and Scopus - February 1, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), have announced their collaboration with a 5 year access agreement to Elsevier's Reviewer Finder and Scopus, which will further improve NWO’s assessment process of research grant applications. As a leading research funding council in… Read More
HighWire renews consortia sales support agreement with Dragonfly - February 1, 2013
HighWire, a division of Stanford University, has renewed its consortia sales support agreement with Dragonfly Sales and Marketing Consulting. The aim is to renew their commitment to support scholarly publishers in their efforts to reach library consortia in accessing a collection of high-impact life science content… Read More
New titles to be added to British Academy Publications Online - January 31, 2013
Academic publisher Oxford University Press and the British Academy for the humanities and social sciences have announced that the British Academy Publications Online (BAPO) will be updated with 28 new titles on January 31, 2013. British Academy Publications Online is an online… Read More
WALDO selects Books at JSTOR programme for demand-driven acquisition model - January 31, 2013
JSTOR and WALDO (the Westchester Academic Library Directors Organisation) have announced an agreement that enables WALDO member libraries to participate in the Books at JSTOR through both outright book purchases as well as a demand-driven acquisition (DDA) programme. WALDO - the membership organisation that counts… Read More
