Woodhead Publishing and Asia Information Services announce exclusive 3 year e-deal - April 16, 2012
Scientific and technical publisher Woodhead Publishing Limited, UK, and Asia Information Services (AIS), a Hong Kong-based distributor of books and e-content, have announced an exclusive 3 year e-deal. Under the deal, AIS will distribute WP's online platform, Woodhead Publishing Online (WPO), in the Chinese mainland market.… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing and Paths International announce exclusive books partnership - April 16, 2012
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing, UK, has announced an exclusive books partnership with Paths International to bring knowledge from China to scholars around the world. As part of this agreement, Emerald will distribute Paths's collection of books written in China and make them available to international… Read More
South African bookseller Van Schaik opts for Ingram’s VitalSource to power e-textbook offering to customers - April 12, 2012
Ingram Content Group, US, has announced that South African bookseller Van Schaik has selected its e-textbook platform, VitalSource, to power e-textbook offering to customers. With a library division, online store and 55 stores, located on or near academic institutions, Van Schaik claims to be a… Read More
CCC signs agreement with Science Press, expands services into Chinese language rights licensing - April 11, 2012
Non-profit copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has announced an agreement with Science Press (SP), one of the leading publishers of STM journals and books in China. Science Press joins The Journal of Chinese Integrated Medicine, Beijing Forestry University and Baishibeng… Read More
FirstHealth of the Carolinas selects Thomson Reuters’ Integration Discovery for clinical interoperability - April 10, 2012
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that FirstHealth of the Carolinas has selected its Integration Discovery to provide clinical interoperability across its healthcare system. FirstHealth is a private, not-for-profit healthcare system located in Pinehurst, NC, which operates three hospitals and several outpatient healthcare facilities,… Read More
ICCOC and Pearson extend contract to power online learning programmes - April 10, 2012
Print and digital education materials provider Pearson has announced that the Iowa Community College Online Consortium (ICCOC) has extended its contract with the company to power the colleges’ online programmes. ICCOC has worked with Pearson to develop and offer courses online for… Read More
EMpact Sales chosen as Sales Agent for Integrum World Wide - April 9, 2012
EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group of EBSCO, has been chosen as sales agent for Integrum World Wide. Under the agreement, EMpact will represent the company in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia, and Bosnia and… Read More
Google to end eBooks partnership with independent booksellers - April 6, 2012
Representatives of Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, have reportedly contacted the American Booksellers Association and Powell's Books to announce that the company would end its Google eBooks reseller programme worldwide. In February, it had seemed as if independent booksellers were getting a reprieve when… Read More
BioMed Central ties up with LabArchives to link datasets to journal articles - April 5, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced a partnership with LabArchives LLC to ensure that valuable datasets are made publically available and linked to journal articles. Through this new collaboration, authors submitting articles to selected BioMed journals will be provided with complimentary subscriptions to an… Read More
Columbia University Libraries’ Center for Human Rights Documentation & Research acquires Physicians for Human Rights Archives - April 5, 2012
Columbia University Libraries' Center for Human Rights Documentation & Research (CHRDR) has announced the acquisition of the Physician for Human Rights Archives, a collection consisting of records, photographs, video, audio, case files of investigative data, and much more. The Physicians for Human Rights mobilises health… Read More
