Ex Libris and EBSCO Publishing partner to offer online access to e-journals via Primo Central - July 14, 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has signed an agreement with electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US. The agreement enables EBSCOhost subscribers that run the Primo discovery and delivery solution to offer their users seamless access to the EBSCOhost… Read More
Springer set to publish The HUGO Journal - July 13, 2009
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it will publish The HUGO Journal in cooperation with the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO), starting October 2009. Formerly published by Springer as Genomic Medicine, The HUGO Journal now has a new design, new features and a new editorial team. Members of HUGO will… Read More
Cadmus awarded 3-year contract extension by American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - July 13, 2009
Publishing services provider Cadmus Communications, US, has announced that it has been awarded a 3-year contract extension by the American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). ASPET is a 4,800 member scientific society whose members conduct basic and clinical pharmacological research in academia, industry and… Read More
EBSCO Publishing acquires AARP’s AgeLine database - July 13, 2009
Information solutions provider Unlimited Priorities Corporation, US, has announced the sale of AARP's online bibliographic database, AgeLine, to research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US. AgeLine is produced by AARP and focuses on the subject of aging and middle-aged and older adults. Unlimited Priorities initiated the… Read More
Russia’s largest academic consortium is first to use Nanotechnology Knowledge Dashboard - July 13, 2009
The Healthcare & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced that NEICON, Russia's largest academic consortium, will be the first organisation to have access to the new Nanotechnology Knowledge Dashboard. The Knowledge Dashboard, developed in partnership with Collexis, is a custom data mining solution for the… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell acquires Topley & Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections - July 13, 2009
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc, US, has announced the acquisition of Topley & Wilson's Microbiology and Microbial Infections (T&W) from Hodder-Arnold. T&W is projected as a major reference work of world prominence now in… Read More
Ziff Davis partners with IDG TechNetwork to expand IT tech network - July 10, 2009
Integrated media firms Ziff Davis Enterprise, US, and IDG TechNetwork have announced a business partnership designed to help technology marketers and agencies reach a larger audience with their branding, product launch and lead generation programmes. In the first phase of the agreement, Ziff Davis' Developer Shed… Read More
University of Chicago Press extends multi-year deal with Cadmus - July 10, 2009
Publishing services provider Cadmus Communications, US, has announced that it has been awarded a three and a half year contract extension by the University of Chicago Press (UCP). Under the deal, Cadmus will provide a full range of scholarly journal production services including composition, content management,… Read More
SAGE and American Sociological Association announce publishing deal - July 8, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a publishing partnership with the American Sociological Association (ASA). Under the deal, the global publisher will publish eight of ASA's journals beginning in 2010 and 2012. The journals are American Sociological Review, ASA's flagship journal and the number-one-ranked journal in sociology,… Read More
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
