Credo Reference and ebrary announce partnership - June 23, 2010
Online reference library Credo Reference has announced a partnership with US-based digital content products and technologies provider ebrary to provide a user-friendly customisation option for the new Credo Topic Pages. Credo Reference users will now be able to research ebrary's extensive ebook content directly from the… Read More
Symyx shareholders advised to veto Certara proposal and accept Accelrys’ - June 22, 2010
Information management systems provider Symyx Technologies, Inc., US, has announced that at a recent meeting, its board examined a revised acquisition proposal from Certara Corporation, Tripos International and Pharsight Corporation (collectively the "Certara/Vector proposal"). The board determined that the proposal is not in the best interest… Read More
Credo Reference adds four key reference titles from Zed Books - June 22, 2010
Online reference library Credo Reference has signed an agreement to integrate four key reference books from Zed Books into the Credo General Reference collection. These are the first titles from Zed Books to be made available on Credo. Zed Books has published more than 1,000 titles… Read More
N.Y. consortium selects Bibliotheca, Inc. to provide RFID solutions for libraries - June 18, 2010
Library solutions provider Bibliotheca, Inc., Switzerland, has announced that it has been selected by the Automated Library Information System (ALIS) of Nassau County, N.Y., to provide a range of RFID library solutions for the 54 independent public libraries that comprise ALIS. ALIS is a consortium of… Read More
Emerald partners with ASFOR, the Italian Association for the Development of Management Education - June 18, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has signed an agreement with ASFOR, the Italian Association for the Development of Management Education. Effective June 1, 2010, this partnership enables both organisations to work together towards their common goals of supporting and developing management… Read More
AIP and Chinese Physical Society announce content-sharing agreement - June 17, 2010
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has announced a new content-sharing agreement between AIP's physics magazine, Physics Today, and Wuli, a leading physics monthly published by the Chinese Physical Society in Beijing. Under the agreement, which will expire after one year, Wuli editors will translate and… Read More
Wiley in dialogues with Bloomberg authors on contracts - June 17, 2010
Over the past week, a public dialogue has reportedly ensued about publisher John Wiley & Sons' communications with the group of 117 authors joining the company from Bloomberg. This follows Wiley's acquisition of the rights to all formerly Bloomberg book titles on March 11. After an… Read More
Google to digitise 400,000 Austrian library books - June 16, 2010
Austria's national library, Osterreichischen Nationalbibliothek (ONB), has announced a 30-million-euro deal with Internet search services provider Google Inc. to digitise 400,000 copyright-free books, a vast collection spanning 400 years of European history. According to ONB, the Austrian library project concerns one of the world's five biggest… Read More
Gale and ABC-CLIO in deal to distribute eBooks via Gale Virtual Reference Library - June 16, 2010
Educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced a partnership with publisher ABC-CLIO. Under the deal, Gale will distribute select titles from ABC-CLIO's eBook collection through Gale Virtual Reference Library, Gale's eBook platform providing access to thousands of authoritative reference works. Directed toward users… Read More
PreMedia Global consolidates branding across divisions - June 16, 2010
Integrated multimedia content solutions provider PreMedia Global, Inc. has announced that it has consolidated branding across its divisions under the name 'PreMedia Global' eliminating former division names BeaconPMG, PrepressPMG/GGS Higher Education and GGS Creative Resources. The company recently showcased the new branding at the BookExpo America… Read More
