OCLC to create MARC records for Cambridge University Press - November 6, 2012
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press, UK, has teamed up with OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) to create MARC records for its eBook Products. In November 2012 OCLC will begin to create MARC records for titles across a number of Cambridge eBook… Read More
Maney Publishing and Oxbow Books announce publishing partnership - November 6, 2012
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced that Oxbow Books will be transferring its journal publishing operation to Maney, effective from 2013. Primarily a publisher of books, Oxbow Books is a publisher, distributor and retail bookseller for everything on archaeology, prehistory, the Classical world, the Middle… Read More
John Wiley & Sons partners with The Sheridan Press to establish Print on Demand Solution for online only journals - November 5, 2012
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a partnership with The Sheridan Press, print and publication services provider to the STM and scholarly journal community. Through this partnership, Wiley's online only journal titles will be available as Print on Demand… Read More
New SAGE license to provide university alumni with access to all SAGE products - November 5, 2012
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a change to its licenses that will provide university alumni with access to the content hosted on the SAGE Journals, SAGE Research Methods and SAGE Knowledge platforms through their university library. All alumni registered with subscribing or purchasing libraries will be… Read More
Blackboard and Buckinghamshire New University expand partnership for online and mobile learning - November 5, 2012
Enterprise technology and innovative solutions provider Blackboard Inc., US, has announced that Buckinghamshire New University is expanding its use of Blackboard as a strategic partner in online learning. The move is part of the University's plan to create a comprehensive online platform for its students. … Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins to publish Harvard Review of Psychiatry journal - November 2, 2012
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, and the Harvard Review of Psychiatry have announced an agreement to publish the journal effective with the January 2013 issue. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, will be the journal’s publisher of record.… Read More
SAGE set to publish official journal of the World Future Society - November 2, 2012
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it has been chosen by the World Future Society to publish its journal the World Future Review (WFR), beginning in early 2013. WFR aims to further the study of future trends and better societal alternatives for researchers and practitioners… Read More
Platts acquires Kingsman SA, a provider of price information and analytics for the global sugar and biofuels markets - November 2, 2012
Energy and metals information provider Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has completed its acquisition of Kingsman SA, a privately-held, Switzerland-based provider of price information and analytics for the global sugar and biofuels markets. The acquisition, whose purchase price was not disclosed, was… Read More
HighWire and Rievent partner to deliver enhanced CME/CE product - November 1, 2012
HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, has announced a partnership with Rievent to provide a new continuing education (CME/CE) solution designed to provide a superior online learning experience for accredited activities. The combination of the two capabilities includes intuitive production, administrative, and reporting… Read More
Research Solutions transitions document delivery customers to Reprints Desk - November 1, 2012
Reprints Desk, Inc., the creator of the Article Galaxy software service for document delivery, medical reprints and literature management, has announced that Research Solutions, Inc. has agreed to transition its entire base of customers to Reprints Desk. Research Solutions co-founders Chris Atwood and Shane Hunt will… Read More