PE group Candover considering acquisition of Informa - June 11, 2008
Private equity group Candover is reportedly considering making an approach for information services provider Informa, UK. According to media reports, Informa is in merger talks with United Business Media. A bid from Candover, the co-owner of German publishing group Springer Science + Business Media, will most… Read More
Wiley acquires higher education titles from Key College Publishing - June 5, 2008
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that it has acquired a list of higher education mathematics and statistics titles from Key College Publishing, the higher education division of California-based Key Curriculum Press. The sale allows Key Curriculum Press to concentrate on the K-12… Read More
Johns Hopkins University signs subscription deal with Collexis after successful pilot - June 4, 2008
Knowledge management and discovery software developer Collexis Holdings, Inc., US, announced that Johns Hopkins University has become the latest institution to sign onto Collexis Expertise Profiling System for their entire medical community. The agreement represents an expansion of Collexis' 18 month relationship with Johns Hopkins University,… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell announces publishing deal with Chinese Automatic Control Society and the Asian Control Association - June 4, 2008
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a new agreement to publish the Asian Journal of Control on behalf of the Chinese Automatic Control Society (CACS) and the Asian Control Association (ACA). The global publisher will assume… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell content now available to universities and publicly-funded institutions in Germany - June 3, 2008
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has completed agreements to provide access to nearly 400 journal backfiles to users in research institutions and teaching universities across Germany. All universities and publicly-funded institutions in Germany can now provide access… Read More
EBSCO acquires Minerva Wissenschaftliche Buchhandlung from Springer - June 3, 2008
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media, Germany, has reached an agreement with EBSCO Information Services for the sale of Minerva Wissenschaftliche Buchhandlung. Minerva Wissenschaftliche Buchhandlung GmbH, Vienna (Austria) is one of the foremost library providers in central Europe and views its role as… Read More
