American College of Neuropsychopharmacology and Nature Publishing Group renew publishing partnership - June 21, 2011
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) have announced a renewal of their publishing partnership. Under the agreement, NPG will continue to provide publishing services for the journal Neuropsychopharmacology (NPP). The ACNP and NPG have worked together continuously… Read More
Taylor & Francis witnesses increased journal signings for 2011 - June 20, 2011
Publisher Taylor & Francis (T&F) has announced that in 2011, nearly 100 journal titles came to T&F, building still further on the previous year's record of 70. Growth has been achieved through a mix of co-publishing arrangements, society contracts and purchase. The largest factor in this… Read More
Credo Reference Subject Collections to include Elsevier health sciences titles - June 20, 2011
Online reference service Credo Reference and STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, have signed an agreement that will put 45 health sciences titles in forthcoming Credo Reference Subject Collections. Credo's Subject Collections, which launched with eight collections in spring 2011, are compilations of leading subject-specific reference curated… Read More
Accelrys announces enhanced and expanded Partner Program - June 17, 2011
Scientific informatics software and services company Accelrys, Inc., US, has announced an enhanced and expanded Partner Program. Building on the recently announced Accelrys Enterprise R&D Architecture based on the Pipeline Pilot platform, the programme offers new capabilities and business opportunities for partners engaged in selling, implementing… Read More
Morgan Kaufmann ties up with AMD to publish book for OpenCL developers - June 16, 2011
Morgan Kaufmann, an imprint of Elsevier Science & Technology Books, has formed a partnership with semiconductor firm AMD to publish a new book for developers, Heterogeneous Computing with OpenCL. The book was co-authored by several industry and academic leaders from AMD and Northeastern University, including Benedict… Read More
Routledge Journals and the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia announce new publishing partnership - June 16, 2011
Routledge Journals, part of publisher Taylor & Francis Group, UK, has announced a new publishing partnership with the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA). Under the deal, Routledge will become the publisher of Educational Philosophy and Theory (EPAT) from 2013. EPAT is an international journal,… Read More
EMpact Sales to provide sales representation service for Duke University Press - June 15, 2011
EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group of EBSCO, recently entered into an agreement with Duke University Press in which it has been appointed sales and marketing representative and consultant to increase content sales. Under the deal, EMpact will promote and sell Duke's products in France,… Read More
US govt. approves Google bid for Nortel patents, talks with Apple, RIM continue - June 15, 2011
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has reportedly concluded an antitrust investigation into Google's bid for a collection of wireless-related patents from Canadian telecommunications-equipment maker Nortel. The DoJ approved the bid, while talks with Research in Motion (RIM) and Apple over their… Read More
NLM and Maryland institutions partner to enhance education initiatives for librarians - June 15, 2011
The US' National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and three other institutions in Maryland are forming a new partnership. They will work together to enhance the training of librarians and improve the public's access to, and understanding of,… Read More
Central Florida Health Alliance selects VeriForm to automate unit inspections - June 14, 2011
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Central Florida Health Alliance has implemented VeriForm for their medication area inspections. VeriForm is a checklist management system that helps hospitals document and report on compliance and patient safety issues throughout a facility.… Read More
