Elsevier announces publishing partnership with International Energy Initiative - December 5, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it will be the official publisher of the peer-reviewed quarterly journal Energy for Sustainable Development, starting January 2009. The global publisher will publish the journal on behalf of the International Energy Initiative (IEI). The first issue of 2009 will… Read More
DRJ Japan, DRIVER to work together to promote digital repositories - December 5, 2008
Digital Repository Federation (DRF) Japan and Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research (DRIVER) have signed an agreement to work closely together on promoting federated repository infrastructures. The move follows the recently held SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008. DRIVER is a joint initiative of European stakeholders,… Read More
RSC and ChemZoo Inc collaborate to develop InChI Resolver - December 3, 2008
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced a collaboration with ChemZoo Inc., US, host of chemistry search engine ChemSpider, to develop an InChI Resolver, a free service for scientists to share chemical structures and data. Using the InChI - an IUPAC standard… Read More
Collexis partners with Florida’s statewide bioscience association to promote BiomedExperts.com - December 3, 2008
Knowledge management and discovery software developer Collexis Holdings, Inc., US, has announced a partnership with Florida's statewide bioscience association, BioFlorida, Inc., to promote BiomedExperts.com to the association's more than 200 members. Under the deal, BiomedExperts.com will serve as the primary professional network for BioFlorida, helping to… Read More
Healthline Networks named search and ad partner for OptumHealth consumer health portal - December 3, 2008
Health information services provider Healthline Networks, US, has announced it is the exclusive search and advertising partner to myOptumHealth.com (www.myoptumhealth.com), a new consumer health website from OptumHealth, the health and well-being business of United Health Group. Under the agreement, myOptumHealth.com is leveraging… Read More
Elsevier’s biomedical and pharmaceutical abstract and indexing database partners with QUOSA - December 2, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its biomedical and pharmaceutical abstract and indexing database, EMBASE, has partnered with QUOSA. QUOSA is a specialist software company focused on supplying superior work-flow tools to STM professionals for reviewing and managing the scientific literature and related documents. This… Read More
Hindawi signs first five Institutional Members - December 1, 2008
STM publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation, US, has announced that it has signed up the first five members of its recently launched Open Access Institutional Membership program. The new member institutes are: General Technologies, Vseobecne Technologie (GTVT) Lund University, University of Calgary, University of Malaysia, Perlis (UniMAP),… Read More
Jones and Bartlett Publishers acquires ClickSafety.com, Inc. - December 1, 2008
Educational publisher Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. (J&B), US, has announced the acquisition of ClickSafety.com - a provider of online safety management solutions designed by and for safety training professionals. Terms of the agreements were not disclosed. ClickSafety provides one of the most comprehensive catalogues of… Read More
PubEasy adds Southern Book Service as new affiliate partner - December 1, 2008
Books enquiry and ordering services provider PubEasy, UK, has announced that Southern Book Service has joined the growing PubEasy community of booksellers and suppliers. As the latest PubEasy affiliate, the company will now be able to offer their customers the ability to check price and availability… Read More
Thomas Telford selects Publishing Technology’s pub2web to future-proof its publications - December 1, 2008
Publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology, UK, has announced that Thomas Telford, publishing subsidiary of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), has chosen the former's pub2web publications platform. The pub2web publishing system will enable ICE to realise its long-term objectives of uniting its diverse range of publications… Read More