StayWell partners with Self Care Decisions to offer iPhone and web-based self care and decision support solutions - August 25, 2009
Custom health communications company StayWell Custom Communications (SCC), a division of MediMedia USA, has announced an exclusive strategic alliance with Self Care Decisions, LLC, a provider of decision-support care guides for consumers via the Internet and mobile applications. Through this strategic alliance, StayWell Custom Communications will… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell and the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research announce publishing partnership - August 24, 2009
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc, US, has announced a publishing partnership with the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. Under the deal, Wiley-Blackwell will publish the latter’s publications - Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (JBMR) and… Read More
Society for Neuroscience extends multi-year deal with Cadmus Communications - August 24, 2009
Publishing services provider Cadmus Communications, US, a Cenveo company, has announced that it has been awarded a two-year contract extension by the Society for Neuroscience (SfN). The deal is to provide a full range of scholarly journal production services including copyediting, composition, content management, and printing… Read More
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
