Royal Society of Chemistry selects DataSalon for a fully-integrated ‘single customer view’ - March 6, 2009
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced that the Society has adopted UK-based data solutions provider DataSalon Ltd's product MasterVision to establish a complete 'single customer view'. The solution cleans and integrates all of the RSC's existing data sourced from 12 different systems, and builds… Read More
Two new titles added to Ugly’s Electrical Reference Series - March 6, 2009
Educational publisher Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. (J&B), US, has announced the first two titles in the new Ugly's Electrical Reference Series - Ugly's Electrical Safety and NFPA 70E and Ugly's Referencias Eléctricas. Ugly's Electrical Safety and NFPA 70E is the first pocket-sized summary of recently… Read More
University of Aberdeen partners with Elsevier for new library - March 5, 2009
The University of Aberdeen has announced a partnership with STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, to obtain expanded access to Elsevier's complete back catalogue of e-journals, e-books and other reference works. The subjects range from medicine, health and life sciences to physical and environmental… Read More
Thomson Reuters partners with CABI to expand life sciences content - March 4, 2009
The Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced that ISI Web of Knowledge now includes Global Health and the Global Health Archive from CABI. The comprehensive database of public health information will provide users with global and regional public health… Read More
Ingram Digital announces agreement with Taiwan Library Consortium - March 4, 2009
The Taiwan Library Consortium, in conjunction with the government of Taiwan, has announced a three-year agreement with digital content services provider Ingram Digital, US. Under the deal, Ingram Digital will supply 250,000 users with access to 5,000 digital titles covering a wide spectrum of subject matter.… Read More
EMH Swiss Medical Publisher selects Editorial Manager for online peer-review - March 3, 2009
Online submission system provider Aries Systems Corporation, US, has announced an agreement with EMH Swiss Medical Publisher Ltd. (Schweizerische Ärzteverlag AG). Under the deal, Aries' Editorial Manager online peer-review system will be deployed to journals published by EMH. The project will begin with deployment of Editorial… Read More
NPG, PMJ unveil enhanced usage reporting service with MPS Insight - February 27, 2009
Publishers Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and Palgrave Macmillan Journals (PMJ) have announced that upgraded usage statistic reporting is now available for all online publications. With immediate effect, NPG and PMJ statistic reports now include the additional reports and services required by the new COUNTER Release… Read More
‘Archives of Disease in Childhood’ becomes official journal of EAP - February 27, 2009
The European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP) has announced that specialist international title Archives of Disease in Childhood (ADC) has been named its official journal. This is the second time the title has acquired this status - it is already the official journal of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child… Read More
ProQuest signs licence agreement for database access in Slovenia - February 26, 2009
ProQuest, part of Cambridge Information Group, US, has announced that the full suite of ProQuest Central database products is now available to members of the Institute of Information Science (IZUM) throughout Slovenia through a subscription arrangement. The breadth of content in ProQuest Central is seen to… Read More
BioMed to help Computer Aid raise funds to provide PCs to African university - February 26, 2009
Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced a partnership with Computer Aid International to support research in Africa. BioMed will support Kenyatta University in Nairobi to help local scientists conduct vital research directly relevant to local problems in one of the poorest parts of… Read More
