Burgundy to represent The Institution of Engineering & Technology in eleven countries across Europe - August 31, 2011
Publishing sales resource provider Burgundy Information Services Ltd., UK, has signed an exclusive agreement with The Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) to provide sales expertise to eleven countries across Europe. The exclusive representation includes Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands,… Read More
SAGE expands partnership with Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening - August 31, 2011
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it will continue its partnership with the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS). Beginning in 2012, SAGE will publish the latter's Journal of Laboratory Automation (JALA). With the addition of this title, SAGE now publishes both SLAS journals: Journal… Read More
Elsevier and Pharmaron sign multi-year contract for access to Reaxys - August 30, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and Pharmaron, a premier drug R&D service provider for the pharmaceutical and biotech industry, have signed a multi-year contract. Under the deal, Elsevier will provide access to Reaxys to all Pharmaron researchers. Reaxys will enable Pharmaron to continue to consolidate its… Read More
Blackboard and Wiley partner to provide institutions access to Wiley’s content and WileyPLUS within Blackboard Learn - August 30, 2011
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and enterprise technology and innovative solutions provider Blackboard Inc, US, have announced a new global partnership. The deal will enable institutions running the Blackboard Learn platform to seamlessly access Wiley’s rich collection of learning content and… Read More
Google in book digitisation deal with French pubisher La Martiniere Groupe - August 26, 2011
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has announced an agreement with French publishing house La Martiniere Groupe for the scanning of books that are no longer on sale but still protected by copyright. The deal is the second major agreement that Google has signed with… Read More
ProQuest in deal to distribute SIAM publications to libraries worldwide - August 26, 2011
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has signed an agreement with the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) to distribute its publications to libraries worldwide. The society's 15 peer-reviewed journals including SIAM Review, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems… Read More
Taylor & Francis Group acquires three history journals from Elsevier - August 26, 2011
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group, a division of Informa UK Ltd, and STM publisher Elsevier have announced their decision to transfer three history journals - Journal of Medieval History, History of European Ideas and The History of the Family: An International Quarterly - to Taylor… Read More
Taylor & Francis adds 150 journals to aRDi programme - August 25, 2011
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has announced an expansion of the Access to Research for Development and Innovation (aRDi) programme to now include a total of around 200 online scientific and technical journals. Academic publisher Taylor & Francis, a founding partner… Read More
OCLC to offer Atlas Systems’ electronic document delivery software - August 25, 2011
Library solutions provider Atlas Systems, US, has announced that OCLC will extend its suite of resource sharing services with Odyssey 3.0, the new version of Atlas' free stand-alone electronic delivery software. Odyssey is said to complement the OCLC ILLiad Resource Sharing Management Software that was developed… Read More
JISC Advance in pact with NIACE to offer enhanced services for adult learning providers - August 24, 2011
The UK's JISC Advance has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) in a bid to further its work with adult learning providers. The memorandum sets out how the two organisations will work together to… Read More
