Ovid in deal with China’s Institute of Science & Technology to open access to LWW Journal Definitive Archive collection - October 6, 2010
Information solutions provider Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has signed an agreement with the Institute of Science and Technology Information of China to provide access to the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) Journal Definitive Archive collection through the National Science and Technology Library (NSTL)… Read More
Glasgow Caledonian University opts for ProQuest Central database - October 6, 2010
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that the UK's Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) is joining university libraries around the world that are subscribing to ProQuest Central, a CODiE award-winning database. Students, researchers and lecturing staff at the university will… Read More
Taylor & Francis and Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition announce new publishing partnership - October 6, 2010
Publisher Taylor & Francis (T&F), UK, has announced a new publishing partnership with the Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (JSSSPN) to publish the journal, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, from 2011. The journal, previously published by Wiley-Blackwell, is currently in volume 56 (2010).… Read More
Briefings in Palliative, Hospice, and Pain Medicine & Management and PAL-MED CONNECT collaborate to create new monthly feature - October 5, 2010
Medical publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced that Briefings in Palliative, Hospice, and Pain Medicine & Management, the e-newsletter companion to Journal of Palliative Medicine, will collaborate with The Institute for Palliative Medicine's PAL-MED CONNECT hotline to create a new monthly feature for the… Read More
AIP and CSTAM sign co-publishing agreement - October 4, 2010
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has signed a new partnership agreement with the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM). Under the deal, AIP and CSTAM will co-publish the new journal Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters (TAML). The journal is slated for launch in… Read More
NEJM signs China Agency agreement with The Charlesworth Group - October 4, 2010
Publishing solutions provider The Charlesworth Group has announced a new China Agency agreement with the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Under the deal, The Charlesworth Group will promote, market, and sell NEJM in print and online throughout China. As a part of these efforts, The… Read More
CABI to provide collection of over 500 scientific titles to Bookshare - October 1, 2010
Life sciences publisher Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International (CABI), UK, has announced an agreement with Bookshare to provide their collection of nearly 500 titles in the areas of agricultural, animal and veterinary sciences, environmental sciences, human health, food and nutrition, leisure and tourism, microbiology and parasitology,… Read More
AOL to acquire technology news blog TechCrunch - September 30, 2010
Web services company AOL, US, has reportedly announced plans to buy technology news blog TechCrunch. With this acquisition, AOL seeks to bolster its growing online editorial business. While the terms of the agreement were not disclosed, the price tag is believed to be more than $25… Read More
OCLC to provide cataloguing and processing services for the NRC-CISTI - September 29, 2010
Library cooperative OCLC has announced that it will perform cataloguing and processing services for the National Research Council's Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI), Canada's national science library and the library for NRC. Under the new agreement, OCLC will perform all of NRC-CISTI's cataloguing… Read More
BMJ Group launches Iraq BMJ Learning to improve medical education Iraq - September 28, 2010
BMJ Learning, the medical education division of The BMJ Group, UK, and the Iraq Ministry of Health has launched a new online service to meet the medical education, professional development, publishing and research needs of 19,000 doctors in Iraq. Iraq BMJ Learning is a new integrated… Read More
