UBM Medica US and MedicExchange announce marketing and distribution deal - May 22, 2012
UBM Medica US, part of UBM Connect, and MedicExchange have announced a marketing and distribution partnership. MedicExchange provides technology solutions, technical data and a robust social media platform for over 90,000 healthcare buyers and sellers in radiology, healthcare IT, medical services and equipment markets. Through… Read More
Accelrys ties up with Thomson Reuters for Cortellis for Informatics content - May 22, 2012
Accelrys, Inc., a US-based scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, has announced a strategic content sourcing collaboration with the Intellectual Property & Science division of Thomson Reuters. The agreement will deliver relevant, current and expertly curated life sciences content from Thomson Reuters' Cortellis for Informatics… Read More
Brill and Publishing Technology launch strategic new e-resource of aggregated content - May 18, 2012
Publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology plc, UK, along with Dutch publisher BRILL have announced the launch of the new aggregated scholarly portal, Brill Online Books and Journals. For the first time, all of Brill’s content from 20 subject specialities across three… Read More
Research4Life announces dramatic increase in peer reviewed research available to developing world - May 17, 2012
The Research4Life partners have announced that content available through its collaborative public-private partnership has dramatically increased since 2011 to reach 17,000 peer reviewed scientific journals, books and databases. Research4Life provides over 6,000 institutions in more than 100 developing countries with free or low cost access to… Read More
Wiley and Quantum Simulations partner to deliver intelligent adaptive learning and assessment solution for accounting education - May 16, 2012
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has partnered with Quantum Simulations, Inc. to offer intelligent adaptive learning and assessment software with Wiley’s print and digital accounting textbooks, starting with Introductory Accounting through Intermediate Accounting. Quantum Simulation is a developer of artificial intelligence-based education products and… Read More
SAGE partners with Simon Fraser University on SAGE Open - May 16, 2012
Academic and professional publisher SAGE has announced a partnership with Simon Fraser University (SFU), a leader in the open access movement and a member of COPE (Compact for Open-access Publishing Equity). The partnership is designed to encourage social science and humanities faculty and students at SFU… Read More
Springer and the Italian National Institute for Higher Mathematics collaborate to publish new book series - May 15, 2012
STM publisher Springer has announced a collaboration with the Italian National Institute for Higher Mathematics (INdAM) to publish a new book series Springer INdAM Series. At least three books in the field of pure and applied mathematics will be published annually. Professor Vincenzo Ancona, President of… Read More
Wolters Kluwer announces sale of Healthcare Analytics Business to Symphony Technology Group - May 15, 2012
Information services company Wolters Kluwer, Netherlands, has announced that it has sold its pharma-related Healthcare Analytics business to private equity firm Symphony Technology Group (STG). While terms of the sale were not disclosed, Wolters Kluwer will retain a minority interest in a newly created STG entity… Read More
Springer and Beijing Normal University Press to co-publish new book series - May 14, 2012
STM publisher Springer and Beijing Normal University Press (BNUP) will co-publish a new book series IHDP-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series. The agreements for the first seven titles of this series were signed by Derk Haank, CEO Springer Science+Business Media, and Prof. Geng Yang, CEO of BNUP,… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education and University of Minnesota partnership creates new business model to make e-books scalable at university level - May 14, 2012
Education materials publisher McGraw-Hill Education, US, has a new partnership with the University of Minnesota Bookstores. The partnership allows the company to provide e-books to large numbers of students at reduced prices, helping to make college more affordable and improve student performance. Through this two-year… Read More
