American Society of Civil Engineers selects Atypon’ Literatum publishing platform for new digital library - December 14, 2011
Atypon, a provider of software to the professional and scholarly publishing industry, has announced that the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has selected its Literatum publishing platform to power the next generation of the ASCE Library. Founded in 1852, ASCE represents more than 140,000… Read More
CAS and InfoChem partner to create new technologies to enhance the discovery of chemical patents and more - December 13, 2011
Chemical information provider Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, has announced a long term collaboration with InfoChem, GmbH (InfoChem), Germany. Under the new collaboration, research teams at CAS and InfoChem will work together to explore the technology frontiers in the… Read More
CRD and PubMed Health announce new partnership - December 12, 2011
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) at the University of York has announced a partnership with PubMed Health. PubMed Health is a new online service provided by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the US National Library of Medicine (NLM). The service provides… Read More
CUP and Read & Note complete pilot of real-world digital textbook use - December 12, 2011
Cambridge University Press (CUP), the publishing division of the UK's University of Cambridge, and software provider Read & Note LLC have completed a 12-week pilot of online textbooks. Both parties worked with schools in the UK, USA and Malaysia to investigate how teachers and students use… Read More
Elsevier acquires Ariadne Genomics - December 9, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the acquisition of the business assets of Ariadne Genomics, a provider of pathway analysis tools and semantic technologies for life science researchers. Ariadne will be integrated with Elsevier's Corporate Markets division. Financial details of the acquisition are not being disclosed.… Read More
Oxford University Press acquires two journals from Preston Publications - December 8, 2011
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), a department of the University of Oxford, has announced the acquisition of two titles - Journal of Analytical Toxicology (JAT) and Journal of Chromatographic Science (JCS) - from Preston Publications, in a transaction managed by DeSilva+Phillips. With this acquisition, OUP… Read More
Elsevier collaborates with A.S.P.E.N. to review skills related to nutrition care in Mosby’s Nursing Skills - December 7, 2011
E-learning solutions provider Elsevier/MC Strategies, US, has announced its collaboration with the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) to review and amend the nutrition-related skills in Mosby's Nursing Skills. Mosby's Nursing Skills is a comprehensive, combined reference product and competency management system. Designed… Read More
IOP Publishing joins GakuNin Japanese Shibboleth Federation - December 7, 2011
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has expanded its Shibboleth compliance to include the Japanese Federation GakuNin. Users in Japanese institutions who are members of GakuNin can now access subscribed content from multiple resources using just one ID and password, whether they are… Read More
E-books from American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics now available on the ebrary platform - December 7, 2011
E-books and research technology provider ebrary, US, a ProQuest business, has partnered with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). The AIAA claims to be the world's largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession. Under terms of the agreement, nearly 300 AIAA… Read More
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics selects Atypon’s Literatum publishing platform - December 7, 2011
Atypon, a provider of software to the professional and scholarly publishing industry, has announced that the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) has selected the Literatum publishing platform to power its new publications website. SIAM exists to ensure the strongest interactions between mathematics and… Read More
