DataSalon, Ringgold to offer combined customer data product for publishers - March 19, 2009
Data solutions provider DataSalon Ltd., UK, has announced a strategic partnership with Ringgold for enhanced analysis of publishers' customer data. Ringgold creates and maintains a hierarchic database of identifiers for institutions to support publishers and other parties in the delivery of e-content within the information supply… Read More
UK medical schools to gain access to Transplant Library database via Ovid platform - March 18, 2009
Information research solutions provider Ovid, US, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, has announced an agreement with the UK Department of Health. Under the deal, students and faculty of all medical schools throughout England, that have an associated transplant unit, will obtain electronic access to the Transplant… Read More
Springer set to publish Anatomical Science International - March 18, 2009
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it has been selected by the Japanese Association of Anatomists to publish the latter's official journal, Anatomical Science International. The first Springer issue will be published in April 2009. Dr. Kiyotaka Toshimori, Professor and Chairman in the Department of… Read More
ebrary partners with three book distributors to target European markets - March 18, 2009
E-book technology firm ebrary, US, has announced that it is partnering with three book distributors to make its e-books and other digital materials available to academic libraries in Europe and Israel under various subscription and purchase models. The company's new representatives are Massmann Internationale Buchhandlung in… Read More
Ex Libris and BCR sign deal to provide digital preservation training and consulting services - March 17, 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, and Bibliographical Center for Research (BCR) have signed an agreement to offer libraries, archives, and other information organisations foundation training and consulting services in the field of digital preservation. The training will include an overview of digital preservation as… Read More
EMpact Sales to promote IOP journals in regions of North, Central, South Americas and the Caribbean - March 16, 2009
EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group of EBSCO Information Services, US, has announced an agreement with non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, to serve as sales agent. The agreement grants EMpact the rights to sell IOP's print and… Read More
Gale enters e-books distribution pact with YBP Library Services - March 16, 2009
E-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has entered into a long-term agreement with YBP Library Services, Inc., a provider of materials to academic libraries. The deal is to expand the distribution of Gale's Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) e-book collection, Literature Criticism… Read More
Springer set to publish Journal of Computing in Higher Education - March 13, 2009
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it will publish the Journal of Computing in Higher Education: Research and Integration of Instructional Technology, starting April 2009. Founded in 1989 by the New England Regional Computing Program, the journal focuses on the established field of instructional technology… Read More
RSNA signs three year deal with The Charlesworth Group and the NSTL - March 13, 2009
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has announced a three-year contract with The Charlesworth Group and the National Science and Technology Library (NSTL), a consortia headed by the Ministry of Science and Technology. With this move, the Society seeks to increase international exposure to its… Read More
Wiley announces publishing partnership with the International Institute for Learning - March 12, 2009
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a partnership with International Institute for Learning Inc., (IIL). Under the deal, the global publisher will publish books for the Project Management market that also supplement IIL course offerings. The new series of books will produce best… Read More
