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Human Factors and Ergonomics Society expands publishing partnership with SAGE -

The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) has announced a partnership with academic publisher SAGE to produce, distribute, and market all five of its periodicals, beginning in 2011. The publications are: Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society;… Read More

ProQuest acquires ebrary -

Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced the acquisition of US-based digital content products and technologies provider, ebrary. The agreement will marry both companies' inventive, user-centric technologies and add a growing pool of a quarter-million e-books to ProQuest's monumental content… Read More

McGraw-Hill Education to adopt LTI framework in partnership with Blackboard -

Education materials publisher McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced seamless integration of its Connect platform and Blackboard Learn using certified standards initiated by IMS Global Learning Consortium at the HigherEdTECH summit. IMS Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) v1.0 seeks to provide a single framework… Read More

Elsevier to publish official journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research -

STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a publishing partnership with the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research's (ISPOR). Under the deal, Elsevier will publish Value in Health, the official journal of the ISPOR. Value in HealthRead More

BMJ Group acquires Informatica Systems Ltd -

Medical publisher BMJ Group, UK, has announced the acquisition of Informatica Systems Ltd, a UK-based software company which provides performance management systems for GPs. This acquisition complements the Group's existing portfolio of evidence-based products. Also, with this acquisition, the global publisher seeks… Read More

Thomson Reuters, ChemAxon strategic partnership to speed drug discovery for life science researchers -

The IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters has announced a strategic partnership with ChemAxon, a provider of cheminformatics software development platforms and applications for the life sciences industry. Under the deal, Thomson Reuters will provide its chemical IP Data Feeds - Markush… Read More

Taylor & Francis and Chinese Institute of Engineers announce publishing partnership -

Publisher Taylor & Francis, UK, has announced a new publishing partnership with the Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE). Under the deal, Taylor & Francis will publish the Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers from 2011. The journal will move to Taylor & Francis in Volume… Read More

Jordan Hospital to implement ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support -

Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Jordan Hospital has selected ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, as the electronic order set solution for the organisation. ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, is an easily customisable… Read More

Wiley and Green Project announce licensing deal -

Green Project, an innovative and environmentally dedicated supplier of refurbished ink and toner cartridges, has announced a licensing agreement with publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. With support from Wiley, Green Project will launch its line of inkjet and toner cartridges 'For… Read More

Author Solutions to distribute new titles via Google eBooks -

Publishing technologies and services provider Author Solutions, Inc. (ASI), US, has announced that Google will distribute all new titles from ASI imprints AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Trafford Publishing, and Xlibris, as well as titles from ASI partnership brands Balboa Press and WestBow Press, through… Read More


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