Taylor & Francis set to publish IAHR journals - August 21, 2009
Publisher Taylor & Francis Group (T&F), UK, part of Informa, will publish the Journal of Hydraulic Research and International Journal of River Basin Management on behalf of International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), beginning 2010. Journal of Hydraulic Research publishes scientific and technical… Read More
Fourteen new publishers join ebrary’s Half-Off Sale programme - August 21, 2009
Digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, has announced that 14 new publishers have joined its Half-Off Sale, bringing libraries, corporations, and other institutions the best cost savings of the year on full-text e-books. To date, more than 21 publishers have signed up to participate… Read More
Anthem Media Group acquires Ascend Media’s medical media division - August 21, 2009
Anthem Media Group (AMG) has announced its acquisition of Ascend Media's Los Angeles-based medical media division for an undisclosed sum. The business-to-business publications that comprise Ascend Media's Allied Healthcare division serve as the authoritative source of information, news, product development and continuing education for professionals in… Read More
Thomson Reuters joins the InChI Trust - August 20, 2009
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that they have joined the InChI Trust, a not-for-profit organisation to expand and develop the InChI Open Source chemical structure representation algorithm. The algorithm provides a consistent, credible and compatible way for databases of chemical structures to be… Read More
Kaplan’s MCAT course material to include content from ‘Scientific American’ magazine - August 20, 2009
Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, a US-based provider of test preparation services, has entered into a partnership with science and technology magazine Scientific American to bring select content from the magazine to its MCAT course materials. Designed to teach challenging content related to the medical school… Read More
Platts adopts MarkLogic Server for LNG TraderNet web-based service - August 19, 2009
XML content server provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, has announced that Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Companies, is using MarkLogic Server to power LNG TraderNet (www.platts.com/NaturalGas/Real-Time Information/lngtradernet). LNG TraderNet is a web-based service that provides members of the LNG… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education and Chegg.com partner to launch pilot shared-revenue programme - August 18, 2009
Education materials publisher McGraw-Hill Education, US, and online textbook rental company Chegg.com have announced the launch of a pilot shared-revenue programme. Under the initiative, McGraw-Hill will provide new print textbooks directly to Chegg for its online rental business. This first-of-its-kind collaboration will provide McGraw-Hill with a… Read More
Science and JoVE partner for joint production and publication of scientific videos online - August 17, 2009
US-based journal Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and scientific video journal Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) have announced a partnership for joint production and publication of scientific videos online. This partnership… Read More
Taylor & Francis to publish ‘Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology’ for SVP - August 17, 2009
Publisher Taylor & Francis Group (T&F), UK, and the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology have announced their partnership to publish the Society’s flagship publication - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (JVP). The first issue of the journal appeared in 1981 and had 422 published pages. The total pages… Read More
Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital selects ProVation software for GI, Pulmonary Procedure Documentation and Coding - August 14, 2009
Medical information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital (CFMCH) has selected its ProVation MD software for procedure documentation and coding. The software will be used to document the more than 2,000 Gastroenterology and Pulmonary procedures performed annually… Read More
