Academic institutes sign up to use Ex Libris’ Primo Central index - December 16, 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that eight academic institutions have collaborated with the company as partners for the Primo Central index of scholarly materials. The institutions are the first ones to become partners in this initiative. These include: Brigham Young University (US);… Read More
ASCO signs multi-year contract with Cadmus for journal production services - December 15, 2009
Content management and production services provider Cadmus Communications, a Cenveo company, has announced that it has been awarded a three-year contract by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Under the deal, Cadmus will provide a full range of journal production services including copyediting, composition, content… Read More
LWW, ProtoMED to develop student version of medical practice management, EMR tools - December 15, 2009
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced a partnership with ProtoMED Medical Management Corporation (PMMC). The partners plan to build a student version of the ProtoMED medical practice management software and the ProtoCHART electronic medical record (EMR) software.… Read More
BBC, British Library sign pact to widen access to content - December 14, 2009
The British Library and the BBC have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in a bid to make the content and assets of both organisations more widely available. Managed by a joint steering committee, the MoU seeks to develop new ways of integrating access to nearly a million… Read More
EQT V and GICSI to acquire Springer Science+Business Media - December 11, 2009
Swedish private equity firm EQT V and GIC Special Investments (GICSI), the private equity arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, have announced that they have agreed to acquire 100 percent of Springer Science+Business Media (Springer). EQT intends to buy 82… Read More
Symyx and Royal Society of Chemistry announce collaborative partnership - December 10, 2009
Symyx Technologies, Inc., a US-based provider of information management systems, and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) have announced the launch of a collaborative partnership designed to enhance the usability and accessibility of public scientific databases. The first joint project links related… Read More
Elsevier selects BrainTrack to supply college data for Evolve online learning solutions - December 9, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier Inc., Netherlands, and BrainTrack, the widely referenced higher-education directory, have announced the selection of BrainTrack as supplier of US and Canadian college data for Elsevier's Evolve online learning solutions. Elsevier will use data from BrainTrack's US college directory and Canadian College Directory to… Read More
Springer and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences sign co-publishing agreement - December 8, 2009
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced a collaboration with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to publish AMBIO, A Journal of the Human Environment. The first issue at Springer will be published in February 2010. Dr. Elisabeth Kessler of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences serves… Read More
EBSCO Publishing and Zynx Health sign new deal for integrated access to evidence-based content - December 8, 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced an agreement with Zynx Health, a subsidiary of Hearst Corporation, US. Institutions currently using point-of-care resources from EBSCO and Zynx Health are expected to benefit from this new deal. The agreement gives healthcare providers integrated access… Read More
Earthscan journals now available to UK universities via NESLi2 SMP initiative - December 8, 2009
Independent publisher Earthscan UK, has entered into an agreement with JISC Collections to offer packages of its journals to UK academic institutions via the NESLi2 SMP initiative. Earthscan’s journals are now available to institutions at a discounted rate through a new agreement with NESLi2 SMP. The… Read More
