IOS Press appoints EMpact Sales to boost journal sales - September 10, 2008
EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group within the EBSCO Information Services division, US, has entered into an agreement with IOS Press to serve as sales and marketing agent and consultant. Under the deal, EMpact will, on behalf of IOS Press, promote and sell both print… Read More
ScienceDirect, QUOSA partnership to increase researcher productivity - September 8, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its online STM platform, ScienceDirect, has partnered with QUOSA to introduce the Document Download Manager, a new feature that enables researchers to download multiple full-text articles simultaneously. QUOSA is a specialist software company focused on… Read More
National Cancer Institute joins global community of scientists now using Thomson Reuters’ Biomarkercenter - September 8, 2008
Thomson Reuters, a US-based provider of information for businesses and professionals, has announced that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has joined the community of scientists worldwide using BIOMARKERcenter, a unique comprehensive resource for biomarker intelligence. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a component of the National… Read More
LIFE Biosystems to license bioinformatics entity recognition software from SCAI - September 8, 2008
LIFE Biosystems GmbH, Germany, has announced that it has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Department of Bioinformatics at the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI). As part of the deal, LIFE has licensed the ProMiner entity recognition software, which will become an… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health to acquire UpToDate - September 5, 2008
Medical information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced plans to acquire UpToDate, a leading evidence-based electronic clinical information resource. This acquisition is projected to strengthen WK Health's portfolio in the growing point of care and electronic medical record markets by expanding its product… Read More
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
