Gale and Infobase Publishing partner to distribute eBooks via Gale Virtual Reference Library - March 12, 2010
E-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced a partnership with Infobase Publishing. Under the deal, Gale will distribute select titles from the latter’s eBook collection through Gale Virtual Reference Library, Gale’s eBook platform providing access to thousands of authoritative reference works.… Read More
Google to digitise books at Italian national libraries - March 11, 2010
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has announced an agreement with the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage to digitise up to a million out-of-copyright works at the National Libraries of Florence and Rome. The libraries will select the works to be digitised from their collections,… Read More
Springer to publish Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine journal - March 10, 2010
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced the addition of the journal Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging to its journals publishing programme. Springer will publish the journal on behalf of the Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine, which has been the publisher of the journal since 1967. Dr.… Read More
Springer and Max Planck Society announce agreement - March 9, 2010
STM publisher Springer, Germany, and The Max Planck Society have announced an agreement that allows scientists working at the 78 Max Planck Institutes and research facilities across Germany access to content on Springer’s electronic platform SpringerLink. The agreement covers access for 2010 and 2011. The pilot… Read More
EBSCO Publishing acquires Expert Publishing - March 8, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that it has acquired Expert Publishing (ExPub), a provider of up-to-date, decision-support chemical information for the global environmental health & safety (EH&S) community. ExPub databases offer EBSCO a variety of options for enhancing existing databases and… Read More
Springer expands use of CCC’s content licensing tool Rightslink - March 4, 2010
Copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, has announced that STM publisher Springer has expanded its implementation of Rightslink on SpringerImages. Springer has been using Rightslink successfully since 2007 to instantly license customer requests to reuse content from its journals. SpringerImages is a growing… Read More
Techstreet and NFPA sign agreement for access to fire and electrical safety codes - March 4, 2010
Techstreet, part of the IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters, has announced an agreement with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to offer enterprise access to fire and electrical safety codes in PDF format through its web-based enterprise portal, Techstreet Subscriptions. Techstreet has had access to… Read More
CRC Press partners with Atypon to launch new CRCnetBASE platform - March 4, 2010
Scientific publisher CRC Press, US, part of the Taylor & Francis Group, has announced a partnership with publishing software provider Atypon to launch CRCnetBASE 2.0. The new web platform utilises Atypon’s software to combine all CRCnetBASE e-book content onto one website. New features include individual book… Read More
IEEE-Wiley eBooks Collection now available on IEEE Xplore Digital Library - March 3, 2010
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), US, has announced that the IEEE-Wiley eBooks collection is now available online as part of the IEEE Xplore digital library. IEEE and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. have partnered to offer IEEE customers online access to the more… Read More
Springer to publish the European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics - March 2, 2010
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it will publish the European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, starting in 2010. The journal, previously published by Swiss publisher Médecine & Hygiène, covers all aspects of drug delivery and bioavailability. The European Journal of Drug Metabolism and… Read More
