Google, Verizon outline network neutrality rules - August 10, 2010
Internet search services provider Google Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc., a US-based American broadband and telecommunications company, have released a policy statement, according to which, phone and cable TV companies, that provide Internet access, should be barred from slowing down, blocking or charging to prioritise Internet… Read More
Emerald, IFLA special partnership to offer more publishing opportunities and OA to research for IFLA communities - August 10, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced a special partnership with International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) at the 76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly in Gothenburg Sweden, from August 10-15, 2010. Under the deal, IFLA communities will receive… Read More
Ovid expands partnership with Wiley-Blackwell - August 9, 2010
Information solutions provider Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that it has expanded its publishing relationship with Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US. The deal is to add ebooks and ebook collections in medicine, nursing, and… Read More
World Scientific ties up with Baker & Taylor for print-on-demand service - August 9, 2010
Scientific publisher World Scientific Publishing Company, US, has announced that it has signed an agreement with Baker & Taylor's TextStream Digital Print Service to provide print-to-order services. World Scientific Publishing's academic titles, spanning a range of scientific series, will be available for… Read More
Google acquires social technology company Slide - August 9, 2010
Internet search services provider Google Inc. has announced the acquisition of Slide, a social technology company. Slide is a US based manufacturer of social apps for sites like Facebook, Orkut, MySpace, Bebo and Friendster. No detailed product plans were announced with the deal. With this acquisition,… Read More
Ovid partners with nine premium publishers to deliver full-text content via OvidSP - August 6, 2010
Information solutions provider Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, recently partnered with nine new premium publishers to deliver full-text content across a wide variety of medical, scientific, and health science disciplines through its OvidSP search, discovery, and management platform. As one of the world's leading… Read More
Informa Healthcare adds over 600 book titles to Atypon-powered platform - August 6, 2010
Information services provider Atypon Systems, Inc., US, has announced that medical and scientific publisher Informa Healthcare is now publishing books on the redesigned informahealthcare.com platform, powered by Atypon's Literatum software. Literatum is a platform used by professional and scholarly publishers to manage, deliver and monetise their… Read More
UGC Infonet Digital Library Consortium selects Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science for education and research needs - August 5, 2010
The UGC Infonet Digital Library Consortium, funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India, has selected Web of Science from Thomson Reuters to meet the education and research needs of its members. Fifty universities in India that are represented by the UGC Infonet Digital Library… Read More
Cambridge University Press announces new publishing partnership with International African Institute - August 5, 2010
Cambridge University Press, the publishing division of the University of Cambridge, has announced a new publishing partnership with the International African Institute. Under the deal, the Press will publish three cornerstones of African Studies literature - the journal Africa, the Africa Bibliography and the International African… Read More
JISC Collections opts for EPiServer to create e-resource procurement website for UK librarians - August 4, 2010
JISC Collections, an organisation that manages the acquisition and provision of digital resources for universities and colleges in the UK, has selected web content management (WCM) platforms provider EPiServer, to create efficient e-resource procurement website for UK librarians. JISC Collections online presence consolidates its strategy of… Read More
