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
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
