Emerald acquires Pier Professional Limited, expands social sciences journal collection - March 8, 2011
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing, UK, has announced that it has acquired Pier Professional Limited, a UK-based publisher of health and social care journals. The acquisition, which expands Emerald's presence in the health and social care field by 23 journals, builds on Emerald's… Read More
Canadian universities group renews content pact with Elsevier SciVerse ScienceDirect - March 7, 2011
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has renewed its agreement for the Elsevier SciVerse ScienceDirect Freedom Collection for 2011-2014. The move is seen to provide university researchers and students across Canada with wide access to a vast collection of high-impact e-journals in… Read More
Taylor & Francis to publish six American Statistical Association titles from 2012 - March 4, 2011
Publisher Taylor & Francis (T&F) and the American Statistical Association (ASA) have announced a publishing partnership. Under the deal, T&F will publish six journals on behalf of the ASA, effective 2012. The journals are: Journal of the American Statistical Association (JASA); The… Read More
The Merck Index now accessible via ExPub platform - March 4, 2011
Expert Publishing (ExPub), a division of EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced an agreement with Merck, a global healthcare company. With this agreement, ExPub seeks to expand its chemical information resources to include The Merck Index, providing chemical professionals with precise, comprehensive and easily accessible information on… Read More
Nature Publishing Group to publish Pediatric Research from 2012 - March 3, 2011
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and the International Pediatric Research Foundation (IPRF) have announced a publishing partnership. Under the deal, NPG will publish the journal, Pediatric Research, on behalf of IPRF from January 2012. Pediatric Research is owned by the IPRF and is… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education acquires Bookette Software Company - March 3, 2011
Education materials publisher McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced the acquisition of Bookette Software Company. With this acquisition, McGraw-Hill seeks to further strengthen its digital capabilities at a time when there is sharpened focus on technology and innovation in education, and increased demand for online testing in… Read More
COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease to be official journal of the COPD Foundation - March 3, 2011
COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, a journal dedicated to publishing a range of research on the impact of COPD, has been chosen to become the official journal of the COPD Foundation. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is an umbrella term used to describe progressive… Read More
Scion Publishing and AVA Academia to deliver textbook chapters via Reference Tree - March 3, 2011
eTextbook aggregator Reference Tree, UK, has announced that publishers Scion Publishing and AVA Academia are delivering their textbooks through its innovative content delivery platform, available to students across UK Higher Education. Six titles representing core reading across… Read More
Wellcome Library joins JISC-led Strategic Content Alliance - March 1, 2011
The JISC-led Strategic Content Alliance recently announced that the Wellcome Library has joined its board. Wellcome Library's knowledge and expertise are projected to strengthen the Alliance's work in bringing publicly funded content online. It is expected that the IPR issues around the sensitive nature of scientific… Read More
OCLC Research and Cambridge University collaborate on Open Metadata project - February 28, 2011
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, and Cambridge University have announced that both organisations will jointly conduct a six-month, JISC-funded investigation into the value of making collection metadata openly available in a sustainable manner. The COMET (Cambridge OPen METadata) project will release a sub-set of… Read More
