Mining Technology to be official journal of the Society of Mining Professors - April 13, 2011
Academic Publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced a new partnership with the Society of Mining Professors (SOMP) for the adoption of the journal Mining Technology as the official journal of the SOMP. This development will bring the journal to the attention of an important new group… Read More
Elsevier and Wood Mackenzie collaboration to help geoscientists enhance geological basin assessments and models - April 12, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a collaboration with Wood Mackenzie, a provider of research and consultancy to the energy and metals industries, to combine scientific and commercial information into Geofacets. This enhancement to Geofacets brings together the collection of geological maps and information sourced from… Read More
Emergency Health Threats selects Co-Action Publishing to publish EHT-J - April 12, 2011
Open access (OA) scholarly publisher Co-Action Publishing, Sweden, has been selected by the Emergency Health Threats Forum to assume ownership and publication of the journal, Emergency Health Threats Journal (EHT-J). The new journal moves to the Co-Action Publishing portfolio as of April 11, 2011. Current content… Read More
GSA working with GPO-Google partnership to offer free govt. publications online - April 8, 2011
The US General Services Administration (GSA) is working with the US Government Printing Office (GPO) and GPO's relationship with the Google Book Partner Program to make popular government publications available for free electronic download through Google. The programme is making available 100… Read More
Ingram Content Group and O’Reilly Media announce total inventory management initiative - April 8, 2011
Ingram Content Group Inc., US, and publisher O'Reilly Media have announced an innovative total inventory management initiative. The initiative will seek to integrate O'Reilly Media's technology content with Ingram's worldwide print, distribution and inventory management solutions. Through the use of real-time… Read More
Journal of Clinical Immunology adds society affiliation - April 7, 2011
STM publisher Springer has announced that its Journal of Clinical Immunology has announced an affiliation with the Clinical Immunology Society (CIS), starting in 2011. The CIS was formerly affiliated with the journal Clinical Immunology. The Journal of Clinical Immunology is an international journal that helps… Read More
The Charlesworth Group and Allen Press renew publishing services deal - April 7, 2011
Publishing solutions provider The Charlesworth Group and Allen Press, Inc., US, have announced the renewal of their publishing services agreement. The renewal allows the two organisations to continue providing the STM journal community with integrated global publishing solutions. The Charlesworth… Read More
Scope executes biomarking and indexing service for a global information provider - April 6, 2011
Content enhancement and knowledge services provider Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope), India, has announced that it has been selected by a leading provider of information for businesses and professionals, for its biomarker research and indexing services. Under the agreement, Scope has indexed information collected for disease biomarkers… Read More
Google makes $900 million acquisition bid for Nortel Networks’ patent assets - April 6, 2011
Telecom equipment maker Nortel Networks Corporation, Canada, has announced that its principal operating subsidiary Nortel Networks Limited and certain of its other subsidiaries have entered into a stalking horse asset sale agreement with Google, Inc., US. The deal - which also includes… Read More
IHA partners with Nursing Outlook journal for special health literacy issue - April 6, 2011
The Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA) has partnered with the journal Nursing Outlook to publish a special health literacy issue. Guest-edited by IHA's CEO, Gloria Mayer, and COO, Michael Villaire, this special issue is part of the Institute's efforts to increase awareness of health literacy and… Read More