OCLC and IZUM sign Letter of Intent to develop national library information systems - November 18, 2011
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, and IZUM, the Institute of Information Science in Slovenia, have signed a Letter of Intent to investigate establishment of a strategic partnership to develop national library information systems in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.… Read More
IEEE and CCSA collaborate to foster innovations and promote worldwide use of information and communications technology standards - November 18, 2011
Technical professional association IEEE, US, and the China Communications Standards Association (CCSA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate in standards development activities. IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) and CCSA will work together to promote mutual interests and facilitate faster, better global standards development. … Read More
Elsevier and ExitCare collaborate to enhance patient education - November 17, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a collaboration with ExitCare LLC, an enterprise-wide solution for patient education. ExitCare's content provides Elsevier customers with patient education information available in multiple languages. The ExitCare system's ability to identify and provide appropriate patient education documents helps providers meet their… Read More
SAGE set to publish Clinical EEG and Neuroscience journal - November 17, 2011
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it has been chosen by the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society (ECNS) to publish the journal Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, beginning in January 2012. Clinical EEG and Neuroscience is currently ranked by Thomson Reuters with an impact factor of… Read More
Pearson Partner, CCI to launch programme for workforce training in allied health - November 17, 2011
Education services provider Pearson, US, and Condensed Curriculum International (CCI) have announced the launch of HealthEd Today, a new programme designed to increase access to workforce training in allied health. HealthEd Today technician programmes include careers in pharmacy, phlebotomy, EKG, billing and coding and medical administrative… Read More
Credo Reference and Brill Publishing announce new agreement - November 16, 2011
Online reference service provider Credo Reference, US, has announced a new partnership with publisher Brill Publishing. Beginning in 2012, the Brill Religion Collection will join the thirty-eight existing Publisher Collections available from Credo Reference. Credo Reference has been offering completely customizable, 'best-in-class' reference collections for… Read More
American Heart Association and Wiley-Blackwell launch new OA journal - November 15, 2011
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, and the American Heart Association (AHA) have announced an innovative venture to publish a new open access journal, Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease.… Read More
Alabama Medicaid and the State of Alabama partners with Thomson Reuters to build infrastructure for state-wide HIE - November 14, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that the Alabama Medicaid and the State of Alabama are partnering with the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters to build the infrastructure for a state-wide health information exchange (HIE). The initiative is expected to improve the quality of… Read More
WIT Press and Science Press announce co-publishing agreement - November 14, 2011
Engineering and scientific research publisher WIT Press, UK, has announced a co-publication agreement with China-based Science Press, Ltd. The new collaboration makes available in English seminal works originally published in Chinese that will be of interest to the global scientific and technical community. The first… Read More
Maney Publishing set to publish European Journal of Archaeology - November 14, 2011
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced a new publishing partnership with the European Association of Archaeologists. Under the deal, Maney will publish the latter's official journal, European Journal of Archaeology, from 2012. This further complements Maney Publishing's existing range of archaeology titles such as… Read More
