LWW and American Medical Student Association partner to provide medical content to members - August 27, 2012
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, is now the exclusive medical content provider for the American Medical Student Association (AMSA). The AMSA claims to be the nation's largest independent medical student organisation. As physicians-in-training from around the world join… Read More
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene journals join OUP - August 24, 2012
The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene has announced that two of its journals will join the Oxford University Press (OUP) collection in a new partnership announced between the organisations. The journals, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and International… Read More
SAGE set to publish two journals of the Australian Council for Educational Research - August 24, 2012
Academic publisher SAGE and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has announced a new agreement to publish its two journals - The Australian Journal of Education and The Australian Journal of Career Development - from April 2013. The Australian Journal of Education claims to… Read More
Dove Medical Press acquires Journal of Parkinsonism and Restless Legs Syndrome - August 23, 2012
Open access publisher Dove Medical Press, UK, has announced that it has acquired the Journal of Parkinsonism & Restless Legs Syndrome (JPRLS). The journal is written exclusively for the medical and scientific community wishing to read related research, policy, phenomenology, literature, history, and treatment. The journal… Read More
Quatrro FPO Solutions partners with Scope to launch two weekly newsletters covering the auto aftermarket parts and retail grocery industry - August 21, 2012
Quatrro FPO Solutions (FPO), a market leader in providing cost-effective finance and accounting solutions across several industries, is partnering with Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope) to launch two weekly news services covering the Auto Aftermarket and Retail industries. Scope is a leading provider… Read More
USGBC partners with Pearson to launch Online Program for LEED Green Associate credential - August 21, 2012
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced a partnership with Pearson to launch USGBC's online workforce education programme for the LEED Green Associate credential. The programme includes online courses to help learners successfully prepare for the LEED Green Associate exam and learn green building strategies… Read More
OCLC and Europeana collaborate to develop semantic similarity computing algorithms - August 21, 2012
OCLC, a US-based non-profit, membership, computer library service and research organisation, and Europeana are collaborating to investigate ways of creating semantic links between the millions of digital objects that are accessible online through Europeana.eu in order to improve 'similar object' browsing. Europeana is Europe's digital… Read More
MetaPress announces addition of Zeta Books and Manchester University Press - August 21, 2012
MetaPress, a web hosting platform service for STM content as well as humanities and social sciences, has announced the addition of Zeta Books and Manchester University Press to the list of publishers who have recently signed agreements for services from MetaPress. Zeta Books, located in… Read More
More scholarly and society publishers sign sales representation deal with ACCUCOMS - August 21, 2012
ACCUCOMS, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers, has signed agreements for sales representation with Akadémiai Kiadó in Latin America, the American Society of Nephrology in India, Baltzer Science Publishers in Europe and North America, and Kluwer Law International in… Read More
De Gruyter and NINJAL in deal to jointly launch Japanese Language and Linguistics handbook series - August 20, 2012
Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, has signed a partnership agreement with the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL) in Tokyo. The first joint project is the publication of the Japanese Language and Linguistics handbook series, which will comprise 12 volumes. The handbooks are… Read More
