National Library of Medicine’ Bookshelf adds National Academies Reports - February 3, 2010
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), part of the National Institutes of Health, has announced that more than 70 reports by the National Academies are available online at NLM's Bookshelf. Bookshelf is a searchable, online collection of biomedical books and other material, produced by NLM's National… Read More
EBSCO to co-sponsor librarian scholarship for DPER 2010 Diversity & Inclusion award winner - February 3, 2010
Information services provider EBSCO, US, will co-sponsor a scholarship for the SLA Division of Petroleum and Energy Resources (DPER) 2010 Diversity & Inclusion award winner, Stephen Kizza. Kizza, solo librarian of the Resource Centre of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development in Uganda, won the… Read More
Ten Alps buys Asian media assets from Reed Elsevier - February 2, 2010
Media group Ten Alps Plc, UK, has announced the formation of a majority-owned joint venture (JV) to acquire publisher Reed Elsevier’s Asian assets. The businesses would be added to the company’s Singapore operation, where it also hopes to tie up further JVs. Under the acquisition deal,… Read More
Springer strengthens oncology journals program with Journal of Cancer Education - February 1, 2010
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced the addition of the Journal of Cancer Education (JCE) to its journals publishing programme. Published on behalf of the American Association for Cancer Education and the European Association for Cancer Education, the journal features a varied editorial board made up… Read More
SAGE in deal with EIRA Consortium to provide access to health science journals - February 1, 2010
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a new agreement with the Swedish Association of Local Authorities to provide the EIRA consortium (Effective Information Retrieval and Acquisition) with access to all SAGE health science journals. Made up of 21 member county councils, EIRA exists to support Swedish healthcare… Read More
JST selects Scopus Custom Data for citation linkage analysis between scientific articles and patents - January 29, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the Japan Science and Technology (JST) agency has selected Scopus Custom Data (SCD), the primary source of Scopus.com, to conduct citation linkage analysis between scientific articles and patents. Scopus Custom Data was selected for its wider coverage and clear… Read More
Gale acquires Questia Media, Inc - January 29, 2010
E-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has acquired the assets of Questia Media, Inc., a provider of information and educational resources to students. Questia provides a premium subscription-based online information service that gives users access to more than 76,000 books from over… Read More
SHEDL member institutions gain access to EUP journals - January 28, 2010
Scholarly publisher Edinburgh University Press (EUP), UK, has announced a three year agreement with the Scottish Higher Education Digital Library (SHEDL). Under the deal, nineteen SHEDL member institutions in Scotland will gain access to all EUP journals. SHEDL was set up in 2009 to provide uniform… Read More
CIC to acquire major eBooks collection on ScienceDirect platform - January 27, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) has agreed to acquire the complete ScienceDirect eBooks collections for 2008, 2009 and 2010. Libraries and patrons in CIC member institutions will now be able to access over 1,300 titles across 18 science,… Read More
Springer to publish International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research - January 27, 2010
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it will publish the journal International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research, effective January 2010. The journal is the official publication of ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) Japan. First launched by ITS Japan as the International Journal of ITS Research… Read More
