Elsevier collaborates with Dutch Fulbright Center to support early career researchers in the Netherlands - November 28, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced its collaboration with the Dutch division of the Fulbright Center, a bi-national non-profit organisation focused on enhancing the collaboration between the US and the Netherlands in science. The collaboration between Elsevier and the Dutch Fulbright Center aims to provide support… Read More
CRKN to terminate national agreement with ACS over new pricing model - November 28, 2012
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has announced a decision to terminate the national licence agreement it has held with the American Chemical Society (ACS) since 2001 for its Web Editions and Legacy Archives products. Termination of the CRKN-ACS licence will take effect at the end… Read More
McGraw-Hill to sell Education business to Apollo for $2.5 billion - November 27, 2012
Information services provider The McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its McGraw-Hill Education business to investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC, for a purchase price of $2.5 billion, subject to certain closing adjustments. As part of this transaction, McGraw-Hill will… Read More
Renew Training report examines scholarly journals’ reader behaviour - November 27, 2012
Renew Training, operated by Simon Inger and Tracy Gardner, has published the results of a study into how readers discover content in scholarly journals. The survey, supported by SAGE, is the culmination of a 6-month research project comparing the changing reader behaviour between 2005 and 2012… Read More
ACCP partners with The Sheridan Group to launch new eCommerce site - November 27, 2012
The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) has announced a partnership with The Sheridan Group to develop an eCommerce solution. The new eCommerce solution will allow ACCP to sell both electronic and print books directly to consumers in time for their annual conference, CHEST. By… Read More
SAGE acquires Royal Society of Medicine’s journal programme - November 26, 2012
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a landmark agreement with the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) to acquire its journal programme. With immediate effect, 28 titles formerly published by the Royal Society of Medicine Press will be published by SAGE. The Royal Society of Medicine is… Read More
Pearson and Choice to deliver longitudinal data system for ASDOE - November 21, 2012
The American Samoa Department of Education (ASDOE) has selected Pearson and Choice Solutions Inc. to design and implement a federally funded P-20 longitudinal data system (LDS). This project is said to represent the first of its kind in the Pacific. The ASDOE currently serves 21,326 students… Read More
Elsevier and University of Surrey sign three-year agreement for SciVal Strata - November 21, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the University of Surrey, UK, have signed a three-year agreement for access to Elsevier's research performance benchmarking tool SciVal Strata. The University of Surrey is one of the few universities in the UK with a dedicated bibliometrician as part of its… Read More
NPG and Mexico’s CONRICYT sign new agreement to provide researchers and students with access to Nature - November 21, 2012
Publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has signed an agreement with Mexico's National Trust of Scientific and Technological Information Resources (CONRICYT), which provides researchers and students across the country site license access to Nature. The agreement will provide access to the weekly, international, interdisciplinary journal of science… Read More
WK Health and International Association of Forensic Nurses announce publishing partnership - November 21, 2012
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, and the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) have announced an agreement to publish Journal of Forensic Nursing. The journal is the official journal of IAFN. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, will… Read More
