Thomson Reuters to integrate ORCID identifiers into scientific and scholarly research offerings - November 20, 2012
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced its initiative to incorporate ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) identifiers into its scientific and scholarly research offerings, ensuring that users of resources such as ResearcherID and ScholarOne Manuscripts are able to incorporate their unique IDs… Read More
IEEE-SA and ETSI renew memorandum of understanding - November 20, 2012
The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) have renewed their memorandum of understanding (MOU). This agreement continues the long-standing cooperation between IEEE-SA and ETSI, fosters collaboration between the two organisations, and further promotes mutual interests through global standards coordination. … Read More
Wiley and O’Reilly Media sign ebook distribution deal - November 19, 2012
Technology publisher O'Reilly Media recently announced an agreement with global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Beginning immediately, O'Reilly will become an online distributor for Wiley's extensive technology ebook programme, which includes such leading brands as Wrox, Sybex, and For Dummies.… Read More
Golden Gate Capital to acquire Ex Libris Group from Leeds Equity Partners - November 19, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Golden Gate Capital, a prominent San Francisco-based private equity firm with $12 billion in capital under management, has entered into an agreement to acquire Ex Libris from its current owner, Leeds Equity Partners. Terms of… Read More
Springer and Science Press to jointly publish Journal of Arid Land - November 16, 2012
STM publisher Springer has announced that it will publish the Journal of Arid Land as of January 2013. The journal is the official publication of the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The quarterly peer-reviewed journal joins Springer's… Read More
SciBX publishes ‘Roadmap to Innovation’ on macrocycles and constrained peptides - November 16, 2012
SciBX: Science-Business eXchange has announced the publication of "Bringing Macrocycles Full Circle," a Roadmap to Innovation in the field of macrocycles and constrained peptides. This is being published in the November 15 edition of SciBX, a joint venture between BioCentury Publications and Nature Publishing Group (NPG)… Read More
IOP Publishing continues its support for the MathJax project - November 16, 2012
Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP) continues to support the MathJax project as a MathJax Supporter, demonstrating its commitment to partnering with the scientific community. MathJax was first implemented on IOP Publishing's journals platform IOPscience in September 2011, enabling researchers to clearly view mathematics on… Read More
ORCID and CrossRef collaborate to solve ambiguous author names problem in scholarly content - November 15, 2012
Two not-for profit organisations, ORCID and CrossRef, have collaborated to solve the problem of ambiguous author names in scholarly content. ORCID began assigning unique identifiers to researchers in October. As part of the ORCID Registry, individuals can search the metadata from CrossRef… Read More
John Wiley & Sons and TED announce partnership - November 14, 2012
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced a new collaboration with TED, the non-profit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, to create and supply instructor materials for their recently launched series of 'TED Studies.' To support the demand for integrating TEDTalks into classroom coursework, TED… Read More
Emerald set to publish official journal of the Latin American Council of Schools of Management - November 14, 2012
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, has announced its collaboration with CLADEA (the Latin American Council of Schools of Management) to publish their official journal Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración. Starting in 2013, Emerald will publish three issues of the journal annually, both online and… Read More
