JSTOR and ProQuest extend partnership to offer libraries new options for ebook acquisition - October 17, 2022
JSTOR’s Demand-Driven Acquisition (DDA) program is now available through ProQuest Rialto and ProQuest OASIS, providing a new option for academic libraries to participate in JSTOR’s ebook program while managing acquisitions through their preferred workflows. JSTOR’s Demand-Driven Acquisition program… Read More
The MIT Press joins the OpenAthens Federation to support federated single sign-on - October 14, 2022
The MIT Press has joined the OpenAthens Federation. A secure cloud-based service that provides a fast and reliable connection to digital content, OpenAthens will help extend the reach of MIT Press content to more library customers globally. OpenAthens provides federated single sign-on to… Read More
Elsevier and World Federation for Mental Health partner to promote the advancement of mental health awareness - October 12, 2022
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, joins World Federation for Mental Health and all global citizens affected by mental illnesses to observe World Mental Health Day. In 2019, an estimated one-in-eight people globally were living with a mental disorder of some kind.… Read More
Elsevier and the Society of Hospital Medicine partner to help patients with underlying substance use disorders - October 10, 2022
Elsevier, a global leader in evidence-based clinical practice content, research publishing and information analytics, has announced that it will partner with the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) in the development of materials to help hospitalists at the point-of-care with the identification, inpatient management, and… Read More
ResoluteAI integrates full range of scientific and technical content published by IEEE into its Foundation scientific research platform - October 10, 2022
ResoluteAI, the research platform for science, has announced the addition of metadata from IEEE peer reviewed content to its Foundation service. With over 400,000 members spread across 160 countries, IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated… Read More
Sciety welcomes ASAPbio–SciELO Preprints crowd review for the evaluation of Brazilian-Portuguese preprints - October 10, 2022
Sciety has announced the first non-English group to bring open review and curation to the platform: ASAPbio–SciELO Preprints crowd review. Based in Brazil, the group reviews preprints relating to infectious disease research that are posted on the SciELO Preprints server in… Read More
Health Education England extends national subscription to BMJ Best Practice - October 5, 2022
Health Education England has extended their national subscription to BMJ Best Practice to include the Comorbidities Manager for all NHS staff and learners in England. In the UK alone one in three patients admitted to hospital as an emergency have five or more… Read More
Jisc and HESA confirm merger - October 5, 2022
Jisc, the UK’s digital body for tertiary education, and HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency) have announced a merger, taking effect from the beginning of October 2022. The move will see all 171 HESA colleagues, including its CEO Rob Phillpotts, move to Jisc, creating… Read More
The University of Toronto Press’ academic books now available on the MUSE Platform - October 5, 2022
Project MUSE and University of Toronto Press (UTP) have announced the expansion of their partnership to make the publisher’s distinguished academic books available on the MUSE platform. Beginning in 2023, UTP - whose journals have been available on MUSE for nearly two decades, is… Read More
Wolters Kluwer acquires IJS Publishing Group (IJSPG) - October 3, 2022
Wolters Kluwer Health has signed and completed an agreement to acquire IJS Publishing Group (IJSPG), a UK-based provider of peer-reviewed medical journals supporting scientists and authors. The IJSPG portfolio consists of 10 journal titles, including the International Journal of Surgery (IJS), IJS Case Reports (IJSCR), and Annals… Read More
