EBSCO Publishing to acquire NetLibrary Division from OCLC - March 18, 2010
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, and electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, have signed an agreement. Under the deal, EBSCO will purchase the assets of the OCLC NetLibrary Division and the rights to license a select number of vendor-owned databases… Read More
OhioLINK renews Web of Science subscription for 14th consecutive year - March 18, 2010
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that OhioLINK, a long time partner and the first Web of Science customer, has renewed its subscription for the 14th year in a row. OhioLINK is a consortium of 88 Ohio College and university libraries and the State… Read More
McGraw-Hill Construction and Associated General Contractors of America announce publishing agreement - March 18, 2010
Construction information provider McGraw-Hill Construction, part of The McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has signed an agreement with the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) to publish the latter’s official publication - Constructor, and the AGC Online Membership Directory, for the next two years. The contract was announced… Read More
Lankenau Hospital selects WK Health’s ProVation Medical Software for procedure documentation and coding - March 17, 2010
Medical information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Lankenau Hospital has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding. Lankenau will utilise the software to document and code procedures performed in its GI lab. Lankenau Hospital is a teaching… Read More
Dove Medical Press partners with Athena Healthcare to expand services to authors in China and Hong Kong - March 16, 2010
Open access publisher Dove Medical Press, UK, has announced an alliance with Athena Healthcare Consultancy, a Shanghai-based pharmaceutical medical marketing consultancy. Under the deal, Dove has appointed Athena as its exclusive partner for Mainland China and Hong Kong. Both companies will work together to enhance the… Read More
University of Chicago Press joins Current Scholarship Program - March 15, 2010
The University of Chicago Press has announced a partnership with JSTOR, the preservation archive and research platform that is part of the not-for-profit ITHAKA. Under the deal, the Press will make leading titles available worldwide as part of the Current Scholarship Program. Scheduled for launch early… Read More
OCLC, Gale partnership to expand access to databases through WorldCat Local - March 15, 2010
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, and e-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, have signed an agreement to index the latter's flagship full-text periodical databases in WorldCat Local. WorldCat Local is the service that combines the cooperative power… Read More
German libraries sign e-books agreement with Springer - March 12, 2010
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) and the German National Library of Medicine (ZB MED) have signed an agreement for access to Springer eBooks on SpringerLink. The agreement is claimed to represent the largest e-book deal… Read More
John Wiley & Sons and BLOOMBERG announce book publishing alliance - March 12, 2010
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, and Bloomberg L.P. have announced that Wiley will be the exclusive global publisher of BLOOMBERG and BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK-branded books under ‘BLOOMBERG PRESS, a Wiley imprint’. Wiley intends to publish the content using all media platforms including print, e-books and… Read More
EE Times Group partners with OMEDA for database management - March 12, 2010
EE Times Group, part of United Business Media, has announced a partnership with integrated database management provider OMEDA to provide database management and email deployment services. The new database is expected to allow EE Times Group to engage with the engineering community… Read More
