Springer and American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy announce publishing partnership - January 17, 2012
STM publisher Springer has signed a co-development partnership with the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) for the publication of books to be included in the Springer series Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. The agreement is to publish four edited volumes per year… Read More
The Sheridan Group forms strategic alliance with print service providers to distribute and print published content globally - January 17, 2012
Printing and publishing services provider The Sheridan Group, US, has announced the formation of an international strategic alliance with three leading print service providers to distribute and print published content globally. The alliance, named the Content Delivery Alliance (CDA), seeks to provide a solution for… Read More
Elsevier and Leiden University Scholars collaborate to study Heritage Collection, Elsevier’s 2,000 16 – 18th century books - January 16, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Scaliger Institute of Leiden University Libraries recently announced the founding of a three year fellowship programme to enable international rare books scholars to study 16th -18th century scientific scholarship and publishing. The programme will support two scholars to work… Read More
Cambridge University Press set to publish ICDD journal – Powder Diffraction - January 16, 2012
Cambridge University Press (CUP), the publishing division of the UK's University of Cambridge, and the International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) have formed a new publishing partnership to produce ICDD's flagship journal, Powder Diffraction. Powder Diffraction will be published by Cambridge from March 2012 Volume 27,… Read More
Elsevier acquires content management and workflow productivity solutions firm QUOSA - January 13, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the acquisition of QUOSA, a US-based content management and workflow productivity solutions provider for researchers and information managers. QUOSA's current solutions and platform, including its Information Manager and Virtual Library, will continue to be supported. The company's technological capabilities… Read More
American Psychological Association’s PsycTESTS made accessible via EBSCOhost - January 13, 2012
Database aggregator EBSCO Publishing, US, and the American Psychological Association have signed an agreement that will enable PsycTESTS to be accessible via EBSCOhost, a for-fee electronic resource for libraries around the world. PsycTESTS seeks to provide academic institutions, mental health centres, hospitals and government agencies with… Read More
ASCE opts for Atypon platform for ASCE Library - January 12, 2012
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has selected Atypon's Literatum publishing platform to power the next generation of the ASCE Library. The new platform will launch third quarter 2012. The new ASCE Library will make use of Atypon's latest innovations in publishing technology to… Read More
AstraZeneca and IMS Health announce real-world evidence collaboration - January 12, 2012
Biopharmaceutical business AstraZeneca, US, has entered into a three-year collaboration agreement with US-based pharmaceutical and healthcare information provider IMS Health. The deal seeks to advance the use of real-world evidence based on observational and retrospective studies throughout Europe to inform the delivery… Read More
Springer partners with Belgian Neurological Society to publish Acta Neurologica Belgica - January 11, 2012
STM publisher Springer and the Belgian Neurological Society will collaborate to publish the journal Acta Neurologica Belgica (ANB). Founded in 1900, ANB claims to be the second-oldest neurological publication in Europe. The first volume with Springer, Vol. 112, No. 1, will be published in March 2012.… Read More
TEMIS and American Society for Microbiology sign license and services agreement - January 11, 2012
TEMIS, a US-based provider of Semantic Content Enrichment Solutions for the Enterprise, has signed a license and services agreement with the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). To serve its 40,000 members better, ASM is completely revamping its online content offering, and aggregating all of its… Read More
