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
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
