Wiley-Blackwell joins F1000 Affiliate Program - September 20, 2010
Article evaluation services provider Faculty of 1000 (F1000), UK, has announced that STM publisher Wiley-Blackwell has joined the F1000 Affiliate Program. Designed to give the scientific community easier access to F1000 evaluations, the F1000 Affiliate Program offers scientific societies and publishers free access to selected evaluations… Read More
United Business Media acquires Canon Communications for $287 million - September 17, 2010
Niche information services provider United Business Media Ltd. (UBM), UK, has reached an agreement to acquire Canon Communications LLC from Spectrum Equity Investors and Apprise Media LLC for $287 million. The transaction is subject to Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust clearance. With this acquisition, UBM expects to become a… Read More
EBSCO Publishing and John Carter Brown Library collaborate to offer free historical database - September 17, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and the John Carter Brown Library have collaborated to bring a new bibliographic database to libraries, scholars and individuals interested in European works that relate to the Americas. European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 is a database based… Read More
PAHO partners with EQUATOR Network to improve health research reporting in Latin America - September 16, 2010
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has announced a partnership with the EQUATOR Network to improve reporting of health research in the Americas through the wider use of guidelines that promote greater accuracy and transparency in research publications. Under an agreement signed recently, PAHO will translate… Read More
Elsevier, eMolecules collaboration allows for easy sourcing of chemicals via Reaxys - September 15, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Reaxys now provides an enriched commercial availability service, as a result of the ongoing collaboration between the Reaxys development team and eMolecules. Reaxys is Elsevier's web-based chemistry application which combines reaction and substance data search and retrieval in organic,… Read More
LWW and Chinese Journal of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery sign licensing agreement - September 15, 2010
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement with the Chinese Journal of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery (CJAPS). Under the deal, LWW will provide selected articles and abstracts from Plastic and… Read More
Allen Press opts for Quark XML Author to automate scholarly journals publishing - September 15, 2010
Print and publishing services provider Allen Press, US, has chosen to integrate Quark, Inc.'s Quark XML Author into its publishing workflow in order to further automate its publishing processes and create competitive advantages for its publishers. Quark XML Author is an XML… Read More
Taiwan Society of Cardiology and Ovid partner to deliver Acta Cardiologica Sinica via OvidSP - September 14, 2010
Information solutions provider Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced a partnership with the Taiwan Society of Cardiology to deliver its official journal, Acta Cardiologica Sinica, through the latter's OvidSP search, discovery, and management platform. As one of the world's leading aggregators of online… Read More
Accucoms in deal with Thieme Publishing Group to provide global telemarketing support - September 14, 2010
Accucoms, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers, has announced a new agreement with STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, to provide global telemarketing support. Accucoms has provided telemarketing support to Thieme since 2005. The scope of this engagement includes… Read More
Cadmus Communications partners with Printondemand-worldwide - September 14, 2010
Content management and production services provider Cadmus Communications, US, has announced a partnership with Printondemand-worldwide, a UK-based digital printer. Under the deal, Cadmus Communications will provide print services as part of a global network to meet the international demand of Printondemand-worldwide's customer base. As a global… Read More
