Taylor & Francis and Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica “Leo Pardi” dell’Università di Firenze announce new publishing deal - April 8, 2010
Publisher Taylor & Francis (T&F), UK, and Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica”Leo Pardi” dell’Università di Firenze have announced a new publishing partnership. Under the deal, T&F will publish and distribute the journal Ethology Ecology & Evolution, as well as administer subscriptions. Ethology Ecology & Evolution has an Impact Factor… Read More
Brill acquires Global Oriental Ltd - April 8, 2010
Academic publisher Brill, Netherlands, has announced the completion of the purchase of all publishing assets of UK-based Global Oriental Ltd. Global Oriental publishes books and a journal in the fields of Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Central Asian studies. Managing Director Paul Norbury will continue to develop… Read More
Symyx Technologies and Accelrys, Inc. announce merger agreement - April 7, 2010
Information management systems provider Symyx Technologies, Inc., US, and Accelrys, Inc., US, have announced a merger agreement. Accelrys develops scientific business intelligence software and solutions for the life sciences, energy, chemicals, aerospace, and consumer products industries. The merger, structured as a tax-free all-stock merger of equals,… Read More
Emerald acquires information management group ASLIB - April 7, 2010
Emerald Group Publishing, UK, has announced that MCB Group, its holding company, has acquired ASLIB, an association for information management. Emerald and ASLIB have been working closely together since 2001, when ASLIB’s collection of research journals, including Journal of Documentation and ASLIB Proceedings, was acquired by… Read More
Ingram to provide publishers with access to Apple’s iBookstore - April 6, 2010
Ingram Content Group Inc., US, has announced that Apple has selected Ingram as a preferred partner for helping publishers provide content to Apple's new iBookstore. Through CoreSource, Ingram's solution for the storage, management, and distribution of digital content, publishers will be able to submit eBooks to… Read More
American Institute of Physics selects Mark Logic Server to launch Scitation C3 platform - April 1, 2010
Software solutions provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, has announced that the American Institute of Physics (AIP), a non-profit scholarly publisher, has used MarkLogic Server to build its next-generation platform for hosting online publications, Scitation C³. AIP has moved its 12 archival journals to the MarkLogic-based Scitation… Read More
Symyx joins Pistoia Alliance to streamline drug discovery workflows - April 1, 2010
Information management systems provider Symyx Technologies, Inc., US, has announced that it has joined the Pistoia Alliance, a non-profit group that promotes collaboration to streamline non-competitive elements of pharmaceutical and life science discovery workflows. The alliance was initially formed by global pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline,… Read More
Baker & Taylor’ TextStream unit to provide print-on-demand services for John Wiley & Sons - March 31, 2010
Baker & Taylor, Inc., a US-based distributor of physical and digital books, has announced that it has signed an agreement for its TextStream Digital Print Service to provide print-to-order services for publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Wiley's wide variety of backlist titles, spanning a broad… Read More
AMA to publish and distribute Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness journal - March 31, 2010
The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced that it is the exclusive publisher and distributor of the AMA’s Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness journal, formerly published by Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. The journal’s website will remain the same, but a more sophisticated platform is being… Read More
Atlantic Surgicenter selects ProVation Medical software for procedure documentation and coding - March 25, 2010
Medical information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Atlantic Surgicenter has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding. The Center has also opted for ProVation EHR electronic health record and patient charting solution, which is designed for busy,… Read More
