Elsevier’s Scopus data enables visualisation of international collaborative research networks for Max Planck Science Gallery - September 8, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that its Scopus data enables visualisation of how densely Max Planck institutes are linked with their local and international partners. This visualisation is part of the new Max Planck Science Gallery in the Science Forum building at the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin,… Read More
STM, British Library frame licence agreement for document delivery outside UK - September 8, 2011
The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) and the British Library have agreed a framework licence agreement to be entered into directly between individual publishers and the British Library. The agreement governs the supply of copies of articles from the British Library's Document… Read More
Springer and Network of Alabama Academic Libraries sign eBook deal - September 7, 2011
STM publisher Springer and the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL) have signed a license which grants the consortium perpetual access to Springer eBooks on SpringerLink. This state-wide agreement includes a customised license for Springer’s eBook Collections in Business and Economics, Biomedical and Life Sciences,… Read More
Allen Press and Southern Appalachian Botanical Society announce co-publishing partnership - September 7, 2011
Publishing services provider Allen Press, Inc., US, has been chosen by the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society (SABS) to co-publish the Society’s scientific journal, Castanea, beginning in 2012. First published in 1936, Castanea is a quarterly journal that publishes papers relating to all aspects of botany… Read More
Brill set to publish two prominent Biology journals - September 7, 2011
Dutch academic publisher Brill, Netherlands, has announced that it is set to publish two additional society journals - Journal of Crustacean Biology and the Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, beginning January 2012. The journals will be available both in print and on Brill’s online platform. The Journal… Read More
F+W Media selects Ingram Content Group’s CoreSource platform for digital asset management and distribution - September 7, 2011
Ingram Content Group Inc., US, has announced that F+W Media, Inc. has selected its CoreSource platform for digital asset management and distribution. The selection of CoreSource by F+W Media further strengthens the relationship between the two companies, enhancing their ongoing collaboration for print-on-demand… Read More
Syngene ties up with CAS for unlimited access to research tool SciFinder - September 2, 2011
Chemical information provider Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, has signed a three-year deal with contract research organisation Syngene International, India. Under the deal, CAS will provide scientists at Syngene with unlimited access to its chemistry research tool, SciFinder. Syngene is… Read More
Informa Healthcare Communications and Targeted Media, Inc. expand partnership - September 2, 2011
Informa Healthcare Communications, a division of the global STM publisher Informa Healthcare, UK, has announced that it has been named by Targeted Media, Inc., a Time Inc. company, as the exclusive sales agent for 'The Educated Patient' series and pharma-sponsored magazine subscriptions… Read More
Brill and Higher Education Press announce new journal partnership - September 2, 2011
Dutch academic publisher Brill, Netherlands, and Higher Education Press, China, have signed a journal co-publication agreement. The deal was signed at the ongoing Beijing International Book Fair. As of 2012 Brill will be responsible for the international print and online distribution of six scholarly journals… Read More
Ringgold acquires Frontline GMS, makes two senior appointments - September 1, 2011
Marketing Services Ltd (Frontline GMS) and its database, the Consortium Directory Online (CDO), which was previously a collaboration between Frontline and Ringgold: www.consortiumdirectory.com. Effective immediately, Laura Cox joins Ringgold’s senior management team as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. She will… Read More