Swets Gateway signs sales and marketing agreement with MA Healthcare - April 14, 2009
Swets Gateway, the special publisher services division of Swets, Netherlands, has announced an agreement with UK-based MA Healthcare. Under the deal, Swets Gateway will act as the exclusive sales and marketing representative for MA Healthcare in the Asia/Pacific region. The agreement covers Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand,… Read More
Chinese universities gain access to IOS Press’ e-journals - April 13, 2009
STM publisher IOS Press, Netherlands, and the National Science and Technology Library (NSTL), China, have signed a 3 year contract for the access to all of IOS electronic publications. The deal follows an extensive review of actual usage by the Chinese library users, which showed that… Read More
OCLC, EBSCO deal to offer library patrons online access to full text of authoritative ejournals - April 13, 2009
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, and electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), recently signed an agreement. The new deal makes it possible for libraries that subscribe to both WorldCat Local and EBSCOhost services to provide their users with easy online… Read More
Elsevier acquires Professional Development Software, Inc - April 10, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the acquisition of the assets of Professional Development Software, Inc. (PDS), the provider of Softwarefornurses.com online learning education products. Under the deal, PDS will be integrated into Elsevier's Evolve Testing and Remediation product suite (which includes the 'HESI Test'), bringing… Read More
Lab Manager Magazine and ALMA announce collaboration - April 10, 2009
Lab Manager Magazine, a publication for the scientific research market, has entered into a collaboration with ALMA, the Association of Laboratory Managers. Through this collaboration ALMA and Lab Manager Magazine will mutually support the missions of their organisation and readership - to deliver learning opportunities and… Read More
EBSCO Publishing acquires NISC, Inc. - April 9, 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, a division of EBSCO Industries, Inc., US, has announced the acquisition of NISC, Inc. NISC publishes a full range of bibliographic, abstract, and full-text databases. This acquisition is projected to augment EBSCO's… Read More
Swets Gateway to market Royal Society journals in the Asia Pacific region - April 9, 2009
Swets Gateway, the special publisher services division of Swets, Netherlands, and the Royal Society have recently signed an agreement to market and disseminate The Royal Society's journals in the Asia Pacific region. Swets Gateway will, on behalf of the publisher, serve as its sales and marketing… Read More
Knovel adds five new publishers, enhances Engineering Reference offering - April 8, 2009
Web-based information services provider Knovel, US, has announced partnerships with five new publishers. The new publishers are: American Oil Chemists Society; Cambridge University Press; Earthscan; Synapse Information Resources; and Water Environment Federation. Knovel content is sourced from more than 50 international publishers and professional societies. These… Read More
Full-text of The Lancet now available to ProQuest’s health sciences databases subscribers - April 6, 2009
ProQuest, part of Cambridge Information Group, US, has renewed its exclusive aggregation agreement with Elsevier to make medical journal, The Lancet, available to subscribers of ProQuest's popular health sciences databases. The journal is being made available in full-text. In addition, the full… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell announces publishing partnership with the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - April 3, 2009
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a new partnership with the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Under the deal, Wiley-Blackwell will publish the Society's journals Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry and Integrated… Read More
