SAGE extends contract with ScholarOne Manuscripts - May 13, 2009
The Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced that academic publisher SAGE has extended its contract with ScholarOne Manuscripts (formerly Manuscript Central) as its online peer review system. ScholarOne Manuscripts is a web-based peer review and submission application for scholarly… Read More
CPM Resource Center and The Shams Group announce partnership - May 13, 2009
CPM Resource Center (CPMRC), an Elsevier company, and The Shams Group (TSG) have partnered to provide small- and medium-sized hospitals with next-generation nursing and interdisciplinary documentation that integrates with their current health information systems. Through this new partnership with TSG, CPMRC seeks to bring its evidence-based… Read More
RSC acquires ChemSpider - May 12, 2009
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced the acquisition of ChemSpider, a free online service providing a structure centric community for chemists. This acquisition complements RSC's existing leading role in online chemistry, including award-winning semantic mark-up technology and the release of the InChI resolver, recently launched… Read More
Wiley expands partnership with Amazon - May 12, 2009
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, US, has announced that it is expanding its partnership with Amazon to offer select Wiley textbooks for sale through the Kindle DX. The large-screen Kindle DX, the latest addition to the Kindle family, will enable the delivery of textbooks on a… Read More
EMC Corporation and John Wiley & Sons partner to produce information storage technology reference - May 11, 2009
Storage and management services provider EMC Corporation, US, has announced a partnership with publisher John Wiley & Sons, US, to produce Information Storage and Management: Storing, Managing and Protecting Digital Information. Information Storage and Management (ISM) is projected as the definitive reference… Read More
LibLime, Syndetics Solutions partner to provide enhanced bibliographic content to Koha libraries - May 8, 2009
LibLime, a US-based provider of open source library software, has announced a partnership with Syndetics Solutions to provide enriched bibliographic content to users of the Koha open-source integrated library system (ILS). Syndetics Solutions is a supplier of descriptive content designed exclusively for library catalogues. Its services… Read More
Pfizer signs deal to cover OA publication costs for the results of its research - May 6, 2009
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer, US, has announced details of a membership agreement with open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, to cover publication costs for research articles published by its researchers. Under this membership arrangement, Pfizer will centrally cover the publication fees for any researcher employed or funded… Read More
University of Calgary and BMJ sign on as new beta partners for Summon unified discovery service - May 6, 2009
Serials Solutions, the e-resource access and management services arm of ProQuest, US, has added University of Calgary as a beta development partner for the Summon unified discovery service. Several new content providers, including BMJ, an international peer-reviewed medical journal and subsidiary of the British Medical Association,… Read More
FIZ Karlsruhe to market in-house version of USGENE in Europe - May 6, 2009
Scientific information services provider FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany, has entered into an agreement with US-based SequenceBase Corporation for promoting the USGENE in-house version more effectively in Europe. USGENE is a resource for life-science intellectual property professionals, providing unrivalled searchable access to all available peptide and nucleotide sequences… Read More
Medknow and Globethics.net partner to develop ethics journals - May 4, 2009
Open access publisher Medknow Publications, India, has signed an agreement with Globethics.net, a global network of institutions and persons interested in different fields of applied ethics. Under the deal, both companies will cooperate in the acquisition, production, subscription, distribution, availability and marketing of online and print… Read More
