Case Western Reserve University restores Supporter Membership with BioMed Central - May 11, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that, through the sponsorship of the Health Sciences Library, Case Western Reserve University has re-established a Supporter Membership. The University is one of the pre-eminent research institutions in health sciences, life sciences, and technology in the US today.… Read More
Knovel and ASM International partnership to enhance Engineering references - May 11, 2010
Knovel, a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced a partnership with ASM International, The Materials Information Society. ASM publishes information on selection, properties, processing and performance of materials ranging from metals and alloys through plastics and ceramics in handbook, dataset… Read More
Most US publishers sign up for new e-bookstore, Google Editions - May 10, 2010
Online search services provider Google, Inc., US, has reportedly garnered the support of almost all publishers in the US for its digital bookstore, which is expected to be launched next month. More than 25,000 publishers and authors have agreed to participate in Google Editions, the company’s… Read More
Autodesk designates Wiley Publishing to provide official training guides for 2011 products - May 10, 2010
Sybex, an imprint of educational materials publisher Wiley Publishing, Inc., has announced that it has executed a brand licensing agreement with Autodesk, Inc. Under the deal, ten titles on leading Autodesk products will be exclusively designated as ‘Autodesk Official Training Guides.’ Five of these titles… Read More
Cenveo to acquire Glyph International - May 10, 2010
Print and visual communications provider Cenveo, Inc., US, has announced that the Company, through its subsidiaries, has entered an agreement to acquire Glyph International from Infomedia 18 Limited. Glyph International is a leading provider of content solutions to publishers, with operations in Bangalore, New Delhi, London,… Read More
Monash University Library selects Primo and Primo Central from Ex Libris - May 10, 2010
Library software provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Monash University Library has chosen the Primo discovery and delivery solution, together with the Primo Central mega-aggregate of scholarly e-content, to provide users with a unified interface for the discovery and delivery of the library’s vast… Read More
60 Italian Universities gain access to Scopus - May 7, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a multi-year agreement with the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI). The deal is to provide researchers in 60 Italian Universities with access to Scopus. Scopus claims to be the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Built… Read More
Springer acquires Praxis Publishing’s book portfolio - May 7, 2010
STM publisher Springer has announced that in an asset deal that consists of over 300 titles, the global publisher is buying the book contracts portfolio from UK-based scientific publisher Praxis Publishing Ltd. Springer has had a co-publishing agreement with Praxis since 1998, and is already responsible… Read More
Oxford University Press to publish Organization of American Historians’ history journals - May 7, 2010
Academic and reference books publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has been selected by the Organization of American Historians to publish the Journal of American History and the Magazine of History. The full publishing partnership will begin in 2011, with online hosting beginning in July 2010. OUP… Read More
Bowker, Google in deal to optimise the identification, cataloging and discovery of Google Editions - May 6, 2010
Bibliographic information provider Bowker, US, a business unit of ProQuest, has reached an agreement with Google to provision and facilitate the assignment of ISBN numbers to Google Editions, Google’s digital book offering launching later in 2010. The agreement sets an important publishing… Read More
