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
Gale acquires HighBeam Research, Inc. - December 17, 2008
E-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced the acquisition of HighBeam Research, Inc. HighBeam Research is the producer of HighBeam Research Library and the online reference site Encyclopedia.com. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. HighBeam offers a broad collection… Read More
Scientific business of Thomson Reuters, ISTIC jointly launch China’s first laboratory for Scientometrics Research - December 15, 2008
The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters, US, has announced a strategic partnership with the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC). Under the deal, both parties will establish the ISTIC-Thomson Reuters Joint Lab for Scientometrics Research. The ISTIC-Thomson Reuters Joint Lab for Scientometrics Research,… Read More
Publishers collaborate to provide streamlined, fee-waived access to 150,000 journal articles for 1100 RAE assessors - December 12, 2008
The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) team will publish the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) results on Dec 18, 2008 on behalf of four UK higher education funding bodies. The Publishers Licensing Society (PLS) has described its pivotal role in helping publishers simplify… Read More
Springer announces publishing partnership with the European Conference of Transport Research Institutes - December 12, 2008
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it will publish a new open access journal European Transport Research Review (ETRR), starting January 2009. The journal is the official journal of the non-profit association European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI). In partnership with Springer, ECTRI will… Read More
The Journal of Medical Practice Management named official journal of PAHCOM - December 12, 2008
Media company Greenbranch Publishing, US, has announced that The Journal of Medical Practice Management (JMPM) will become the official journal of Professional Association of Health Care Office Management (PAHCOM), effective January 2009. In addition to the current benefits of membership, every PAHCOM… Read More
