WK Health announces joint venture with China drug information provider Medicom - January 21, 2011
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced a joint venture with leading China drug information provider Medicom to deliver clinical decision support to doctors in China as the country prepares for significant changes to its healthcare system. The deal allows WK Health… Read More
H.W. Wilson databases now available on Credo Reference - January 21, 2011
Online reference library Credo Reference has announced that it has now enabled access to databases from H.W. Wilson, the reference publisher that has been providing key resources to researchers for more than 112 years. Mutual customers of Credo Reference and WilsonWeb will… Read More
MPS Limited and The BookMasters Group announce strategic partnership - January 20, 2011
Publishing solutions provider MPS Limited, a Macmillan company, has announced a strategic partnership with The BookMasters Group, Inc. (BMI). The deal is expected to offer customers the benefits of a combined service across digital publishing, fulfillment, and print and electronic distribution. … Read More
GenomeQuest and INRIA announce integration of the GASSST technology into GenomeQuest SDM platform - January 20, 2011
GenomeQuest, a US-based provider of sequence data management (SDM) products, and French national institute for research in computer science and control, INRIA, have announced the integration of the GASSST technology into the GenomeQuest SDM platform. Licensed by GenomeQuest from INRIA, GASSST is an advanced, open-source genome… Read More
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft and Wiley-VCH extend publishing collaboration - January 19, 2011
Wiley-VCH, the German subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons, US, and the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) have extended their cooperation on the publication of the DPG member magazine, Physik Journal. The new agreement builds on almost 40 years of collaboration and claims… Read More
Polish Academy of Sciences expands availability of research, adopts OA model for 21 journals - January 18, 2011
Committees and Departments of the Polish Academy of Science, a scholarly research institution in Poland, has announced its decision to further expand availability of research by publishing 21 of its journals in the Open Access model. Versita has been chosen the technology and publishing services provider… Read More
Bahrain signs agreement with British National Archive to access digital documents - January 18, 2011
Bahrain has reportedly signed an agreement with the British National Archives to gain access to over 80 million digital documents. The deal was signed between the King Hamad Digital Library and the British National Archives. The agreement is one of many that have been signed with King Hamad Library… Read More
Twenty North Carolina public libraries form consortium to offer members a digital library - January 18, 2011
Twenty public libraries in North Carolina have reportedly formed a consortium to offer members a digital library. With the growing number of eReader owners, the library is offering a series of free workshops to teach patrons how to download eBooks using the library's free, online… Read More
Google acquires eBook Technologies to offer better digital reading experience - January 13, 2011
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has reportedly acquired eBook Technologies, Inc., a US-based provider of end-to-end e-book technology. According to Google, this acquisition is aimed at delivering richer reading experiences on tablets, electronic readers and other portable devices. Financial terms… Read More
Ingram Content Group in deal with University of Michigan Press and the University Press of Kentucky for e-content management - January 13, 2011
Ingram Content Group Inc., US, has announced agreements with two university presses - the University of Michigan Press and the University Press of Kentucky - for e-content management. The university presses have selected Ingram's digital asset management platform, CoreSource, to archive and distribute materials to partners… Read More
