De Gruyter announces acquisition of Versita - January 10, 2012
Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, has announced the acquisition of publisher Versita. As a service provider to academic organisations and bodies, Versita publishes over 230 journals on Open Access basis. With this acquisition De Gruyter seeks to increase its presence in the academic publishing market. The… Read More
Springer and the American Society of Pharmacometrics sign publishing partnership - January 6, 2012
The Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, a Springer publication, has announced an affiliation with the American Society of Pharmacometrics (ASoP), starting in 2012. Publishing six issues per year, the journal presents cutting-edge research for pharmaceutical scientists in industry and academia. The Journal of Pharmacokinetics and… Read More
Harvard University Press selects De Gruyter as sales partner for its electronic content - January 6, 2012
Academic publisher Harvard University Press, US, has announced that it will market its entire range of electronic products, including both new books and a back catalogue of more than 10,000 titles, through the Berlin-based independent publishing house De Gruyter, effective January 2012. De Gruyter publishes… Read More
Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation and Center for Outcomes Measurement in Brain Injury announce collaboration - January 5, 2012
The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation (JHTR) has partnered with The Center for Outcome Measurement in Brain Injury (COMBI) to introduce a new feature designed to support effective and informed use of standardised assessments for evaluation of brain injury. Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a… Read More
Advantage Business Media acquires Vicon Publishing, Inc. - January 5, 2012
Advantage Business Media, US, has announced the acquisition of Vicon Publishing, Inc. of Amherst, New Hampshire, effective January 1, 2012. Vicon Publishing will now be renamed as Vicon Business Media, Inc. and operate as a subsidiary of Advantage Business Media, LLC. With this acquisition, Advantage… Read More
More university presses select Ingram Content Group’s CoreSource platform for digital asset management and distribution - January 5, 2012
Ingram Content Group Inc., US, has announced that more university presses have selected the company’s digital content distribution system, CoreSource, for their digital asset management and distribution needs. The most recent university presses that have selected CoreSource are: The University of New Mexico Press, University of… Read More
The McGraw-Hill Companies completes sale of Broadcasting Group - January 3, 2012
Information services provider McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has completed the sale of its Broadcasting Group to The E.W. Scripps Company. The purchase price of the nine-station Broadcasting Group was $212 million in cash. The divestiture of the Broadcasting Group, a non-core asset, was carried out pursuant to… Read More
Dutch national library Koninklijke Bibliotheek to be integrated with National Archives - December 27, 2011
The Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), the National Library of the Netherlands, and the nation's National Archives (NA) will be integrated into one organisation. This was recently decided by the Cabinet following a proposal from Secretary of State Zijlstra (OCW: Ministry of Education, Culture and Science). The integration… Read More
Wolters Kluwer completes sale of pharma-related Marketing & Publishing Services business to Springer - December 27, 2011
Global information services company Wolters Kluwer, Netherlands, has announced that it has completed the sale of its pharma-related Marketing & Publishing Services business to Springer Science+Business Media. The sale is part of Wolters Kluwer's strategy to focus on core health markets through its Wolters Kluwer Health… Read More
RSC Publishing supports Japanese Shibboleth - December 23, 2011
Scientific publisher RSC Publishing, the publishing arm of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, has announced that it is developing the RSC Publishing Platform to work with Shibboleth institutions all over the world. With this move, the publisher seeks to provide customers and users more access… Read More
