Liverpool University Press selects Manuscript Central for Online Journal Management - September 4, 2008
The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that one of Europe's prestigious University Presses, Liverpool University Press, has chosen Manuscript Central to manage all fifteen of their Humanities and Social Science journals. In addition, the Press will implement Manuscript Central Optima, which integrates Manuscript… Read More
Taylor & Francis and Salesforce.com come together to develop global course adoption database - September 3, 2008
Publisher Taylor & Francis Group (T&F), LLC, US, and Salesforce.com have joined forces to develop and implement a global course adoption database called Course Adoption System (CAS). Slated for launch in the beginning of 2009, CAS will enable T&F to better penetrate… Read More
ALPSP and PSP Consulting set to launch new short course for journal editors - September 3, 2008
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), US, and PSP Consulting are launching a new short course for journal editors in January 2009. This event is for editors from journals in all disciplines, and is based on a course for… Read More
RPS Publishing announces distribution deal with MyiLibrary - September 2, 2008
RPS Publishing, the publishing arm of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, has announced an agreement with MyiLibrary to distribute its pharmacy publications via the MyiLibrary Ebook platform. An Ingram Digital Group company, MyiLibrary is a global provider of digital content accession, storage, management and… Read More
Oxford Journals extends contract with HighWire Press - September 2, 2008
Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced the extension of their contract with HighWire Press, an online hosting division of the Stanford University Libraries. With this new deal, HighWire will continue hosting the online content of all journals published by Oxford… Read More
TechWeb’s Light Reading Communications Network acquires Pyramid Research - August 29, 2008
TechWeb's Light Reading Communications Network has announced the acquisition of Pyramid Research, a market research and advisory service company. Light Reading Communications Network is a leading integrated publishing, events and research company serving the global communications marketplace. Under the acquisition deal, Pyramid will be integrated with… Read More
Association for Computing Machinery signs up EBSCO-owned EMpact to boost journal sales - August 28, 2008
EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group within the EBSCO Information Services division, has entered into an agreement with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The new agreement, which appoints EMpact as ACM's sales and marketing agent, provides for EMpact to promote ACM journals in the… Read More
Collexis and Health Sciences South Carolina partner to launch knowledge directory of South Carolina Medical Research - August 27, 2008
Knowledge management and discovery software developer Collexis Holdings, Inc., US, has announced a partnership with Health Sciences South Carolina (HSSC) to launch the first virtual knowledge directory of health science research being conducted across the state by HSSC partner institutions. With this… Read More
ebrary signs new publishing partners - August 27, 2008
E-book technology firm ebrary, US, has announced that it is enhancing its growing selection of more than 170,000 titles with e-books and other authoritative materials from more than 14 new publishing partners. ebrary has now secured partnerships with more than 300 of the world's leading publishers… Read More
University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry selects Ingram Digital platform for curriculum delivery - August 26, 2008
Digital content services provider Ingram Digital, US, has announced an agreement with the University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry to deliver the entire programme's curriculum in digital form, beginning in the Fall of 2008. University of Puerto Rico dental students will receive all of the… Read More
