Leeds Equity Partners acquires Ex Libris Group - August 7, 2008
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Leeds Equity Partners, the fund focused exclusively on investing in knowledge industry companies, has completed the acquisition of the Ex Libris Group. Ex Libris will now become a Leeds Equity portfolio company. The corporate structure will… Read More
Thomson Reuters bags Kansas Health Policy Authority contract for healthcare data integration and analysis initiative - August 6, 2008
Thomson Reuters, a US-based provider of information for businesses and professionals, has announced that the Kansas Health Policy Authority (KHPA) has selected Thomson Reuters to develop a data system that will enable the agency to analyse the cost and effectiveness of health care in Kansas. KHPA… Read More
ebrary designated KnowledgeWorks certified by Serials Solutions - August 6, 2008
E-book technology firm ebrary, US, has announced that it has become the first e-book provider to become Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks Certified. KnowledgeWorks Certified is a new publisher certification programme that helps Serials Solutions to maintain the highest quality bibliographic metadata for e-resources. As a KnowledgeWorks Certified… Read More
Wiley Organic Essentials now available via CambridgeSoft - August 5, 2008
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a new agreement with enterprise solutions provider CambridgeSoft Corporation, US. Under the deal, CambridgeSoft will offer structure- and substructure-searchable versions of Wiley's organic chemistry content to… Read More
RPS resources for scientists to be made available via CambridgeSoft platform - August 4, 2008
RPS Publishing, the publishing arm of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, and CambridgeSoft Corporation, US, have announced an agreement aimed to support scientists in research and development. Under the deal, new structure- and substructure-searchable - versions of Martindale for Scientists,… Read More
Emerald enhances reprints service with CCC’s Rightslink - August 4, 2008
Management research publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, has announced that its reprints licensing service is now available through the Copyright Clearance Center's (CCC) Rightslink service. The enhancement offers a real-time solution to Emerald content users wishing to reuse copyrighted material published in over 180 Emerald… Read More
People’s Medical Publishing House acquires book list from BC Decker Inc - August 1, 2008
Peoples Medical Publishing House (PMPH), China, has announced the acquisition of the book list from Canada-based health science publisher BC Decker Inc. This acquisition gives PMPH USA, the newly established US operation for PMPH, an impressive list of medical and dental books… Read More
Reed Business deploys MarkLogic Server to enhance digital assets distribution - August 1, 2008
XML content server provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, has announced that Reed Business (RB) Netherlands has deployed MarkLogic Server as the engine behind an editorial workflow-based application for internal search and discovery of valuable digital assets. This enables RB Netherlands to reuse… Read More
Publisher Informa receives a second takeover proposal - July 31, 2008
Media Company Informa Plc, UK, has said that the company has received another preliminary buy-out approach. It is being targeted for takeover by a private equity consortium. While Informa did not reveal who made the latest approach, talks are continuing with Providence Equity Partners, Carlyle Group… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell partners with AlphaMed Press to co-publish Stem Cells journal - July 31, 2008
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, and publisher AlphaMed Press, US, has announced that Wiley-Blackwell has been selected to serve as co-publisher of Stem Cells, effective January 1, 2009. An international journal of cell differentiation and proliferation, Stem… Read More
