EBSCO Publishing, NewsBank announce integrated search partnership - August 18, 2008
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO publishing (EBSCO), a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., US, has announced an agreement with NewsBank, inc., a premier information provider serving publishers, public libraries, colleges and universities, schools, government and military libraries, genealogists, professionals and researchers worldwide.… Read More
SAGE joins Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks Certification programme - August 18, 2008
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it has become a Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks Certified content partner. KnowledgeWorks Certified is a new publisher certification programme that helps Serials Solutions to maintain the highest quality bibliographic metadata for e-resources. With this move, the publisher seeks to ensure that… Read More
‘Journal of Immunological Methods’ named official journal of AMLI - August 15, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the Journal of Immunological Methods has become the official journal of the Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists (AMLI). All the members of the Association will have full text online access to the journal including its 38-year archive. Launched in… Read More
SAGE set to publish Journal of Dental Research - August 15, 2008
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it has signed an agreement to publish the Journal of Dental Research (JDR), beginning 2009. JDR is the official publication of the International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR). The first SAGE issue of the journal will be Volume… Read More
Blackwell to sell Greenwood Publishing Group’s online databases - August 15, 2008
Publisher Greenwood Publishing Group recently announced that it has entered into an agreement with Blackwell (Library Services Division). Under the deal, Blackwell will act as its non-exclusive agent for the sale of Greenwood's online databases in the US. Libraries interested in the… Read More
Springer, EFORT announce strategic partnership - August 13, 2008
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced a strategic partnership with the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT). Under the deal, Springer will publish their journal, a major reference work, and a book series. The global publisher will also develop an e-learning component… Read More
University of Ottawa Library and Endeca partner to deliver next-generation bilingual library experience - August 13, 2008
The University of Ottawa has announced that the University of Ottawa Library, North America's premier bilingual university, has selected the Endeca Information Access Platform (IAP) to serve as the foundation for a new resource-discovery system. The system will support an enhanced user… Read More
Oxford Journals and The Gerontological Society of America announce publishing partnership - August 12, 2008
Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced a new publishing partnership with the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). Under the deal, Oxford Journals will publish three GSA journals from 2009. The journals are: The Gerontologist, and The Journals of Gerontology: Series… Read More
Informed Decisions and Metcare of Florida, Inc. announce deal to deploy eMPOWERx - August 11, 2008
Health information technology services provider Informed Decisions, LLC, a division of Gold Standard Inc., US, and Metcare of Florida, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc., have announced an agreement to deploy the former's electronic prescribing and patient care system, eMPOWERx, to physicians… Read More
South African team looking to emulate Brazil’s SciELO to scientific publishing model - August 7, 2008
A delegation from the Academy of Sciences of South Africa (ASSAf) recently visited BIREME In Sao Paulo, Brazil. The purpose was to review the possibility for the adoption of the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) model as a platform to manage scientific publication in South Africa.… Read More
