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
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