Wiley-VCH and the Chemical Society Located in Taipei announce publishing partnership - November 2, 2011
Wiley-VCH, part of the scientific and technical publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and the Chemical Society Located in Taipei have signed an agreement to closely cooperate and jointly publish the Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society. The journal will be available online from… Read More
BMJ Group in deal with Orion Health to support better patient care - October 28, 2011
Medical publisher BMJ Group and Orion Health have successfully completed the integration of evidence based decision support within Orion Health's clinical software. Orion Health provides clinical workflow and integration technology for the healthcare sector. The guidance, provided by Best Practice, the BMJ Evidence Centre's reference… Read More
CABI sponsors ORCID to improve tracking of scholarly authors - October 28, 2011
Not-for-profit life sciences publisher CABI has joined the founding sponsors of ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), the organisation set up to solve the problem of name ambiguity in scholarly research. CABI has become a Silver Sponsor of the organisation, which plans to launch its… Read More
NoveList and COMPanion partner to integrate NoveList Select to the Alexandria Library System - October 28, 2011
NoveList, a division of EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), has announced a partnership with COMPanion Corporation. COMPanion is the developer of Alexandria - best known for its power and ease of use. Alexandria offers the best cross platform library automation solution for Windows and Macintosh. The partnership… Read More
Elsevier and Ex Libris partner to present bX Recommendations in Scopus and Science Direct - October 27, 2011
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced an agreement with STM publisher Elsevier. Under the deal, a bX article recommender application will now be available to mutual customers for integration in the SciVerse interface. The application will enable Scopus… Read More
HighWire Press and TEMIS announce strategic technology and business partnership - October 26, 2011
HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, has announced a strategic technology and business partnership with TEMIS, a provider of Semantic Content Enrichment solutions for the Enterprise. Under the agreement, HighWire will integrate the full suite of Luxid software within… Read More
Researchers and students in Japan gain access to Springer Journal Archives on SpringerLink - October 25, 2011
STM publisher Springer and the Japan Alliance of University Library Consortia for E-Resources (JUSTICE) recently signed a comprehensive agreement for current electronic journal subscriptions and online journal back files on SpringerLink (www.springerlink.com). Under the deal, Springer will provide access to 1,000 journals in the Springer… Read More
CAS in deal to provide unlimited SciFinder access to CHEST Consortium - October 24, 2011
Chemical information provider Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) has announced an agreement to provide unlimited SciFinder access to the CHEST Consortium, which comprises more than 47 academic institutions in the UK & Ireland, including the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and University of Manchester. Under the… Read More
Microsoft and Compal Electronics sign patent agreement - October 24, 2011
Software vendor Microsoft Corp., US, and Compal Electronics, Inc. have signed a patent agreement that provides broad coverage under Microsoft’s patent portfolio for Compal’s tablets, mobile phones, e-readers and other consumer devices running the Android or Chrome Platform. While the contents of the agreement have not… Read More
Mexico-based Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia selects Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge - October 21, 2011
Thomson Reuters, a US-based provider of information for healthcare professionals, has announced that the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT), a national council promoting science and technology policies in Mexico, has selected Web of Knowledge to enhance the research and analytic capabilities of researchers across… Read More