CRL, CRKN and JISC to pool resources for joint licensing and research tools - January 24, 2012
The collection development staff of the US' Center for Research Libraries (CRL) recently met with senior representatives from two national site licensing organisations - the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and Joint Information Steering Committee of the Higher Education Funding Council, UK (JISC Collections). The meeting… Read More
OCLC forms strategic partnership with Sustainable Collection Services - January 23, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced a strategic partnership with Sustainable Collection Services, LLC, an organisation founded by the principals of R2 Consulting, that leverages WorldCat Data to help libraries intelligently manage their print monograph collections. Sustainable Collection Services (SCS) makes use of the… Read More
University Publishing Online adds six more academic presses to its portfolio - January 23, 2012
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press, UK, has announced the addition of six more academic presses to its University Publishing Online (UPO) platform. 2012 will see the addition of content from Anthem Press, Boydell & Brewer, Edinburgh University Press, Nottingham University Press, Pickering & Chatto and the… Read More
Elsevier to publish The Ocular Surface journal - January 20, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it will publish The Ocular Surface, a peer-reviewed journal focusing on the external eye and vision. Starting January 2012, Elsevier will continue the publication of the quarterly journal. The Ocular Surface delivers reviews of important work in laboratory… Read More
Gale and National Geographic in deal to provide online archive of over 100 years of National Geographic magazine - January 20, 2012
Educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, and National Geographic, a non-profit scientific and educational organisation, has announced an agreement to provide an online archive of more than 100 years of National Geographic magazine. Available to libraries this spring, National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888-1994 will… Read More
MathType works with Apple’s new ebook authoring app for Mac - January 20, 2012
Enterprise software vendor Design Science, Inc., US, has announced that US-based computer and software firm Apple Inc. has chosen MathType as the equation editor for its new iBooks Author application for Mac. Authors will now be able to create ebooks that include mathematical notation which can… Read More
Elsevier and Tsinghua University Department of Computer Science and Technology collaborate to introduce new research productivity solutions - January 19, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has collaborated with Tsinghua University Department of Computer Science and Technology in Beijing to introduce four new research productivity enhancing applications for SciVerse Applications. The applications – GeneTUKit, Company Search, Patent Search and Topic Cloud – seek to help researchers identify the… Read More
Gilsbar selects Risk Navigator Clinical to identify and manage high risk populations and improve patient care quality - January 18, 2012
Predictive clinical analytic solutions provider Elsevier / MEDai, US, has announced that Gilsbar, Inc.has licensed MEDai's Risk Navigator Clinical to proactively use analytics to provide value to their clients by identifying programmes that will provide a return on investment for their constituents. Further they will support… Read More
WK Health and International Anesthesia Research Society renew publishing partnership - January 18, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, and the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) have signed an agreement to renew their partnership to publish the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia (A&A). A&A is the official journal of the IARS. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW),… Read More
EDP Sciences and Cambridge University Press announce new publishing agreement - January 18, 2012
Society publisher EDP Sciences (Édition Diffusion Presse Sciences), France, and academic publisher Cambridge University Press (CUP) have announced that following the success of the first wave of EDP Sciences journals to be electronically hosted, marketed, and sold by CUP, five more journals… Read More
