Associated Content adopts Thomson Reuters OpenCalais service - September 3, 2009
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that Associated Content has adopted the OpenCalais service to achieve deeper classification and categorisation within its vast library of over 1.7 million pieces of content. Associated Content is an open content network that enables individuals and media companies… Read More
Ovid partners with CIG Media and A & C Black to offer core e-resources to the medical research community - September 2, 2009
Information solutions provider Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced new licensing agreements with medical publisher Cancer Information Group (CIG) Media and A & C Black, which publishes a diverse set of books in a wide variety of subjects and… Read More
Taylor & Francis set to publish Palynology for AASP – The Palynological Society - September 2, 2009
Publisher Taylor & Francis, UK, is set to publish the journal Palynology from Volume 34 in 2010. The journal is the official journal of AASP – The Palynological Society. Edited by James B. Riding at the British Geological Survey, Nottingham, UK, Palynology publishes original, peer-reviewed research… Read More
GenomeQuest and Biomatters partner to offer researchers a ‘top-down’ discovery methodology for NGS projects - September 2, 2009
GenomeQuest, Inc., a US-based provider of biological sequence search, content and analysis services, has announced an alliance with scientific software company Biomatters Ltd, New Zealand. The deal is to provide researchers a ‘top-down’ discovery methodology for next generation sequencing (NGS) projects. Specifically, the companies will integrate… Read More
EMpact Sales and AHC Media sign sales and marketing deal - September 2, 2009
EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group of EBSCO Information Services, US, has signed an agreement with AHC Media LLC (AHC). Under the deal EMpact will serve as sales and marketing representative for AHC’s biotechnology and medical device publications. AHC Media provides… Read More
Springer and The Endocrine Society sign publishing agreement - August 31, 2009
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has signed an agreement with The Endocrine Society to co-publish a new journal, Hormones & Cancer, starting in January 2010. Jonathan Li of the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics at Kansas University School of Medicine will serve as the Editor-in chief… Read More
eiNetwork consortia opts for AquaBrowser library software - August 28, 2009
The eiNetwork, a collaboration of the Allegheny County Library Association and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, has opted for the AquaBrowser library software, which provides libraries with visual and faceted search solutions. AquaBrowser will provide eiNetwork’s 44 member libraries — which have holdings of nearly 4… Read More
OCLC signs four new agreements in Europe to extend coverage in WorldCat - August 27, 2009
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced four new agreements signed with European national libraries and affiliated institutions. The agreements are seen to significantly increase the coverage of records in WorldCat and the visibility of libraries in WorldCat.org within the Europe… Read More
Palgrave Macmillan set to publish BioSocieties journal on behalf of LSE - August 27, 2009
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has announced a partnership with academic publisher Palgrave Macmillan to publish the journal BioSocieties, starting March 2010. A quarterly publication, BioSocieties explores the social, ethical and policy implications of developments in the life… Read More
PEER appoints teams from Loughborough University and University College London for Behavioural and Usage Research - August 26, 2009
The Publishing and the Ecology of European Research (PEER), a collaboration between publishers, repositories and the research community, has announced the appointment of teams from Loughborough University and University College London (UCL) for Behavioural and Usage Research. The research teams were selected by the PEER Executive… Read More
