Academic institutions partner with Ex Libris for library framework, URM - July 8, 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced the first academic institutions to begin collaborating with the company as development partners for Unified Resource Management (URM), a framework for library management services. The three initial development partners include Boston College and the Princeton University Library,… Read More
UBM acquires RISI via $14.3 million cash deal - July 7, 2009
Niche information services provider United Business Media Ltd., UK, has announced that it has acquired the remaining 48 percent of the holding company of RISI, Inc. from its joint venture partner Pegasus Partners II, LP for a total cash consideration of $14.3… Read More
CSIRO sells Funnelback search engine to content management company Squiz - July 7, 2009
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has announced the sale of its Funnelback search engine technology company to content management company Squiz. Funnelback was developed by CSIRO and the Australian National University, originally under the name of P@noptic. Funnelback's flagship product, Funnelback Enterprise, is… Read More
LWW’s online tool for healthcare professionals available via HealthStream platform - July 3, 2009
Research and learning solutions provider HealthStream, Inc., US, has announced a partnership with Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health. Under the deal, HealthStream will offer Lippincott's Nursing Procedures and Skills, an online point-of-care support tool, to the nearly… Read More
Really Strategies acquires DocZone.com - July 3, 2009
Content solutions and services provider Really Strategies, US, has announced the acquisition of DocZone.com, a SaaS XML content management provider. DocZone.com is known for its affordable DITA-based technical publications solution that is easy to configure and use. The acquisition will complement Really Strategies' RSuite product line,… Read More
The EASL and Elsevier renew publishing deal - July 2, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) has renewed its publishing partnership with the company. The agreement calls for Elsevier to publish the society's flagship journal, the Journal of Hepatology, for the next five years. EASL… Read More
JISC Collections, Gale partner to make Eighteenth Century Collections Online Part 2 available to UK academic community - July 2, 2009
E-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, and JISC Collections have announced an agreement to make Part 2 of the Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) digitisation project freely available to all UK academic institutions currently subscribing to ECCO. With… Read More
ProQuest acquires microfilming assets from National Archive Publishing Company - June 30, 2009
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has acquired assets related to the microfilming of newspapers, collections (such as groups of books, manuscripts and historical documents) and dissertations from National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC). ProQuest expects to integrate the assets smoothly, providing full service to its… Read More
DA Information Services acquires Languages Direct - June 29, 2009
Learning and information resources provider DA Information Services, Australia, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Languages Direct, the leading supplier of LOTE (Languages Other Than English) books and AV material to Libraries in Australasia. This acquisition will mean public, state and University libraries… Read More
Pearson invests $30 million in Indian education companies - June 26, 2009
Publishing group Pearson, UK, has announced investments totalling $30 million in two Indian education companies - Educomp Solutions and TutorVista. The move is seen to build Pearson's position in one of the world's largest and fastest-growing education markets. Educomp, a listed education company, serves more than… Read More
