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
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
