International Standard Text Code Agency appoints new registration agency - January 8, 2009
The International ISTC Agency, the official Registration Authority for the International Standard Text Code (ISTC), has appointed Bowker and Nielsen Book as ISTC registration agencies. These agencies will now be authorised to assign ISTCs on behalf of publishers,… Read More
Queensland Health partners with Ovid Technologies for acquisition of ProVation Medical products - January 8, 2009
Medical information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Queensland Health has contracted with Ovid Technologies for acquisition of ProVation Medical products - ProVation MD for Gastroenterology and ProVation MultiCaregiver. Ovid and ProVation are part of global company Wolters Kluwer. The software will… Read More
PennWell acquires assets of hydroelectric industry information provider HCI Publications - January 1, 2009
B2B publisher PennWell Corporation, US, has announced that it has acquired the assets of HCI Publications, Inc., a producer of b2b magazines and conferences and exhibitions serving the hydroelectric industry. The company operates HydroVision and Waterpower Conferences and Exhibitions and publishes Hydro Review, HRW, and HydroNews.net,… Read More
Wiley acquires Statistics List from Hodder Education - December 24, 2008
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., a subsidiary of global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced the acquisition of the Arnold Statistics book list from Hodder Education. The acquisition complements existing areas of strength in the Wiley statistics publishing programme, including medical statistics and… Read More
CMPMedica, iSOFT sign five year agreement for essential drug information decision support tools - December 24, 2008
Healthcare education and information provider CMPMedica, a division of United Business Media Limited, has signed a five year agreement to supply iSOFT, one of the leading providers of healthcare IT solutions, with comprehensive evidence-based drug information. CMPMedica's information solution will power iSOFT's fully integrated suite of… Read More
TechTarget acquires The Brian Madden Company - December 23, 2008
Information technology media company TechTarget, Inc., US, has announced the acquisition of The Brian Madden Company, an independent website and conference, to address the needs of IT decision makers on the topics of desktop virtualisation, terminal services, and application virtualisation. As an addition to TechTarget's portfolio… Read More
California State Library selects Ex Libris Solutions - December 22, 2008
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that California State Library has chosen a suite of solutions from Ex Libris. The Library has replaced its SirsiDynix DRA Classic system with the Aleph integrated library system, the SFX OpenURL link server, and the MetaLib gateway… Read More
Springer, FIZ Karlsruhe sign new editor agreement for mathematics journal/database - December 19, 2008
STM publisher Springer, Germany, and scientific information services provider FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany, have announced that they will continue their publishing partnership on the mathematics journal/database Zentralblatt für Mathematik/Zentralblatt MATH. The new version of the editor agreement has now been signed by both… Read More
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management named official publication of the AAHPM - December 19, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM) will be the official journal of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM), beginning in January 2009. The journal will continue to serve as the official journal of the… Read More
Springer announces publishing agreement with The Physiological Society of Japan - December 18, 2008
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it has been chosen by the Physiological Society of Japan (PSJ) to publish The Journal of Physiological Sciences, starting January 2009 with Volume 59, Number 1. A bimonthly publication, The Journal of Physiological Sciences is the official journal of… Read More
