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
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
