InnoCentive and Scientific American partner to facilitate open innovation - December 13, 2012
Science magazine Scientific American and InnoCentive, Inc., the global leader in open innovation, crowdsourcing, and prize competitions, have announced a partnership for an online hub that seeks to help science enthusiasts solve global scientific problems. The Scientific American Open Innovation Pavilion, scheduled to go live in… Read More
Thames & Hudson selects CoreSource platform to launch e-book programme - December 12, 2012
Ingram Content Group, a US-based distributor of books, music and media content, has announced that publisher Thames & Hudson, UK, has selected the former's digital asset management platform CoreSource to launch its e-book programme. As new business models and technologies emerge that allow for a… Read More
Elsevier and Russia’s Far Eastern Federal University announce collaboration - December 11, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced its collaboration with the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), the leading University of Russia's Far Eastern Consortium. The 5-year collaboration agreement includes access to ScienceDirect and Scopus for all Consortium members from January 2013 onwards. Russia's Far Eastern Federal district… Read More
SAGE and Royal College of General Practitioners announce publishing agreement - December 11, 2012
Academic publisher SAGE and the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) have announced a new publishing agreement. Under the deal, SAGE will publish RCGP's journal InnovAiT, a monthly publication edited by Dr Chantal Simon, from January 2013. InnovAiT is the RCGP's journal developed to support… Read More
John Wiley & Sons acquires assets from Stevenson, Inc. - December 10, 2012
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the acquisition of assets from Stevenson, Inc., a leading resource for newsletters and online events in fundraising, non-profit management and communications. These assets include six well-respected newsletters and a variety of online events and special reports. The acquisition… Read More
AudioGO to join PubEasy community - December 10, 2012
Books enquiry and ordering services provider PubEasy, UK, has announced that AudioGO has joined its growing, international e-community of booksellers and their suppliers. AudioGO is one of UK's leading audiobook publishers of a broad and diverse range of spoken word and large print books. PubEasy is… Read More
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and ISPG in deal for key access to medical content - December 10, 2012
The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and ISPG (Independent Scholarly Publishers Group), a selection of High-Impact Scholarly journals hosted by HighWire Press, have signed a 3 year agreement for access to 37 key medical publications in Mainland China. The Charlesworth Group, ISPG's exclusive agent… Read More
NTNU selects EBSCO as supplier of periodicals, e-books and discovery platform - December 7, 2012
EBSCO Information Services, US, has announced that it has been selected as the supplier for print and electronic periodicals, e-books, and associated subscription management and access services such as a discovery tool for NTNU, Norway's primary institution for the education of engineers and scientists. It is… Read More
Coventry University and Ingram collaborate on innovative textbook programme for students - December 7, 2012
Ingram Content Group has announced that first year students at Coventry University will have core textbooks and materials provided as part of their course fees in 2012 and 2013 through an innovative program developed between Coventry University and Ingram Content Group's UK library supply company. … Read More
Elsevier’s ExitCare and MEDITECH expand collaboration - December 5, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that ExitCare, its enterprise-wide solution for evidence-based patient education and discharge instructions, is now integrated directly with the MEDITECH Electronic Health Record (EHR). In collaboration with MEDITECH, ExitCare's library of content, organised by care setting and composed of both… Read More
