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
Elsevier acquires Atira, deepens SciVal’s ability to help academic institutions manage and improve research outcomes - August 16, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the acquisition of Atira, a provider of software and tools that help academic institutions and researchers manage and improve their research outcomes. Atira complements Elsevier's SciVal by expanding the scope of data to report on research activities across an academic… Read More
GenoSpace and Thomson Reuters partnership to deliver solution for analysing and interpreting human genomic variations - August 16, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that GenoSpace has joined its Life Sciences Partner Ecosystem. The companies will work together to develop an integrated product offering for the analysis and interpretation of human genomic variation. The GenoSpace platform seeks… Read More
Totally and BMJ Evidence Centre announce strategic partnership for shared decision making programme - August 15, 2012
Totally, the AIM quoted digital health and technical solutions company, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the BMJ Evidence Centre, part of the BMJ Group, to assist the Company in the delivery of the £1.6 million national NHS Shared Decision Making contract that Totally secured… Read More
Elsevier collaborates with Follett to expand access to digital offerings - August 14, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a collaboration with Follett Higher Education Group, operator of more than 900 college and university stores across the US and Canada, to provide expanded access to more than 700 Pageburst digital titles through Follett's Digital Passcode Fulfillment (DPF) process. Follett… Read More
Springer and Breast Cancer Research Foundation announce publishing partnership - August 14, 2012
STM publisher Springer has announced that it will publish a series of books in cooperation with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), starting 2013. Four books will be published annually, and will be included in the Springer series Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. The scope… Read More
WK Health and American Academy of Neurology renew partnership to publish five AAN publications - August 14, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, and the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) have signed an agreement to renew their partnership to publish Neurology, Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology, Neurology Today, Neurology Now and Neurology Clinical Practice. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part… Read More
