Outsell partners with Scout Analytics to offer subscription analytics services - November 6, 2009
Research and advisory firm Outsell, Inc., US, has announced a strategic partnership with Scout Analytics to help online paid-content providers —from media companies to business and scientific publishers — increase revenues. Outsell is offering Outsell Scout Analytics, a new subscription service building on the Scout Analytics… Read More
University of Miami to use Scopus custom data to track faculty research activity - November 5, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a partnership with the University of Miami, under which the institution will use the former’s Scopus custom data (SCD) to track and measure faculty research and scholarly activity. Scopus, an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, was reportedly chosen… Read More
India looking to give US, others access to traditional medicines database - November 3, 2009
India is in talks with the US and various other countries to grant access to its database of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL), media reports have indicated. The aim is to curb bio-piracy – the granting of ‘wrong’ patents – of Indian medicinal plants across the… Read More
Dutch Universities gain access to Taylor & Francis Group’s Library - November 2, 2009
Publisher Taylor & Francis Group (T&F), UK, has announced a new partnership with UKB, the Dutch consortium of the 13 university libraries and the National Library of the Netherlands. The deal is to provide University researchers in the Netherlands access to academic research via the Taylor… Read More
Miami-Dade Public Library System opts for discovery tool AquaBrowser Library - November 2, 2009
The Miami-Dade Public Library System has announced that it has chosen AquaBrowser Library, a discovery tool offering visual, faceted searching that connects to any data source. AquaBrowser is projected to help the library’s members easily and fully explore its vast collection. Existing users of the search tool include over 700… Read More
EMpact Sales and IWA Publishing sign sales and marketing deal - November 2, 2009
EMpact Sales (EMpact), publisher representation group of EBSCO Information Services, US, has announced an agreement with the International Water Association (IWA). Under the deal, EMpact will serve as IWA’s sales agent. The agreement grants EMpact the rights to sell IWA’s electronic and print journals in Italy,… Read More
Ovid announces licensing agreement with the Royal Society of Chemistry - October 30, 2009
Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, has announced a new licensing agreement with the Royal Society of Chemistry, a UK-based professional association and publisher of books, journals, and databases in the chemical sciences. Under the deal, Ovid will provide seamless online access to 46 of its… Read More
Springer announces publishing agreement with Brazilian Computer Society - October 30, 2009
STM publisher Springer, Germany, recently signed agreements to publish two journals in association with the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC). The journals are: Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society and the new Journal of Internet Services and Applications (JISA). Both journals will be available in print and… Read More
University of Illinois Press and JSTOR announce agreement - October 29, 2009
The University of Illinois Press, the publishing division of the University of Illinois, has announced an agreement with JSTOR, the preservation archive and research platform that is part of the not-for-profit ITHAKA.Under the deal, the University of Illinois Press will make leading… Read More
Ingram Digital selects Summon web-scale discovery service for speedy discovery of MyiLibrary e-Book titles - October 28, 2009
E-Resource Access and Management Services (ERAMS) provider Serials Solutions, US, has announced that US-based digital content services provider Ingram Digital is the latest content player to sign with the Summon web-scale discovery service. The Summon service provides instant searching of library collections – from books and… Read More
