IET selects Publishing Technology’s pub2web to develop its Digital Library - January 25, 2012
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced a partnership with publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology, UK, to redevelop and extend its Digital Library, the central access point for the organisation's full text content online. The new website, to… Read More
Oxford University Press and Medical Council on Alcohol announce new publishing partnership - January 25, 2012
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), a department of the University of Oxford, has announced a new long-term collaboration with the Medical Council on Alcohol (MCA) to jointly publish the journal Alcohol and Alcoholism. At the end of 2011, OUP bought a 50 percent stake… Read More
American Accounting Association selects Allen Press as online publishing provider - January 25, 2012
Publishing services provider Allen Press, Inc., US, recently entered into an agreement with the American Accounting Association (AAA) to provide online publishing on the Pinnacle platform for fifteen of the association's journals in addition to services currently being provided. Since 1916, AAA has attracted the… Read More
Lexicomp partners with DoseSpot to deliver integrated e-prescribing tool for dental professionals - January 24, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, recently announced that Lexicomp has partnered with DoseSpot to deliver an integrated e-prescribing tool for the dental office. In response to the growing trend of electronic prescribing in dental offices, this product offering combines e-prescribing capabilities… Read More
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
