Amazon set to buy UK online book retailer, The Book Depository International - July 6, 2011
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has reportedly agreed to buy The Book Depository International, a UK-based online book retailer, for an undisclosed sum. According to Amazon, the acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. The UK's Office… Read More
Three Scandinavian journals join Versita Open - July 1, 2011
E-publishing technology solutions provider Versita, Poland, has announced that three Scandinavian serials - Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Nordic Journal of Migration Research and Sommerfeltia - are now included in the portfolio of more than 200 Open Access journals published by Versita Open. The newly contracted Scandinavian journals,… Read More
Moroccan institute in partnership with Thomson Reuters for Web of Knowledge platform - July 1, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced a three-year partnership with Morocco's Institut Marocain de l'information Scientifique et Technique (IMIST). The deal is to bring Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge - an integrated search and discovery platform - to scientists and researchers at 14 IMIST… Read More
Platts in deal to acquire Steel Business Briefing Group - June 30, 2011
Information services provider McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has announced that Platts has signed an agreement to acquire the Steel Business Briefing Group (SBB Group), a privately held UK company and provider of news, pricing and analytics to the global steel market. Platts is… Read More
Techstreet expands online offering of construction and safety industry codes and standards - June 30, 2011
Techstreet, a Thomson Reuters business, has announced that it has signed agreements with a wide range of construction and safety standards publishers to distribute standards, manuals and codes online. The online availability of these standards will promote industry compliance, safety and public health by providing a… Read More
SAGE to publish Administrative Science Quarterly journal - June 29, 2011
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it has been chosen by the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University to publish its journal, the Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ), beginning this month. ASQ claims to be a top-tier journal that has been on the… Read More
Co-Action Publishing and International Meteorological Institute in Stockholm announce publishing partnership - June 28, 2011
Open access (OA) scholarly publisher Co-Action Publishing, Sweden, has announced that it has been selected by the International Meteorological Institute in Stockholm (IMI) to publish the institute's two journals - Tellus Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography and Tellus Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology -… Read More
ProQuest and American Economic Association announce distribution agreement - June 27, 2011
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has signed an agreement with the American Economic Association (AEA) to distribute its journals to libraries around the world. The addition of the seven journals, including the historic American Economic Review, is part of major content expansion by ProQuest.… Read More
EBSCO Publishing announces unlimited usage options and free upgrades for H.W. Wilson Retro Index customers - June 27, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has lifted the simultaneous user restriction and provided a free upgrade to unlimited access for all Wilson Retro Index customers. Customers with simultaneous user access to the 15 Retro Indexes available from H.W. Wilson will now have unlimited… Read More
South Africa’s National Research Foundation selects InCites to analyse institutional productivity - June 27, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that the National Research Foundation (NRF), an independent government agency supporting research in South Africa, has selected InCites to analyse institutional productivity and benchmark its research output versus peers worldwide. InCites is a citation-based research evaluation tool… Read More
