UBM TechInsights forms Business Intelligence Group - May 7, 2010
UBM TechInsights, a provider of sophisticated information services, consulting, and management software for technology companies, has announced the formation of a Business Intelligence group. The Business Intelligence services leverage UBM TechInsights' analysis libraries, expertise and industry insight to provide actionable reports for companies doing competitive intelligence,… Read More
Macmillan Publishers addresses concerns over its education business in Southern Sudan - May 7, 2010
International publishing business Macmillan Publishers Ltd UK (‘Macmillan’) has confirmed that it has voluntarily referred to the Serious Fraud Office its concerns over historic payments made by a subsidiary of its education business, Macmillan Education, to secure a contract in Southern Sudan. The move comes after… Read More
Peerless Media, CFE Media acquire titles closed by Reed Elsevier - May 3, 2010
Peerless Media and CFE Media, two firms formed by former Reed Business Information (RBI) executives, have recently acquired some of the titles closed by RBI parent Reed Elsevier, US, last month. Peerless Media, which was formed by managers of the former RBI supply chain group, has… Read More
Springer sets up regional base for Middle East at Dubai’s IMPZ - May 3, 2010
International Media Production Zone (IMPZ), a member of TECOM Investments, has reportedly announced that STM publisher Springer, Germany, is to establish its Middle East headquarters at IMPZ in Dubai. Springer publishes over 2,000 journals and more than 6,500 books every year. The opening of the new… Read More
Emerald offers free access to scholarly research on sustainability - April 23, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced free access to key scholarly research on sustainability to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, as well as ‘Rethinking Governance for Sustainability’, a special issue… Read More
Two IEEE Computer Society titles move to new publishing model - April 15, 2010
The IEEE Computer Society, an organisation of computing professionals, has announced that two of its journals will transition to a new publishing model. The journals - IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) and IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC) - will adopt… Read More
Thomson to continue supplying Average Wholesale Price of drugs in RED BOOK - April 12, 2010
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that it will continue to supply the Average Wholesale Price (AWP) of drugs in its RED BOOK. The announcement follows some vendors’ decision to stop publishing the AWP of drugs in 2011. Thomson’s RED BOOK Drug References provide… Read More
Accucoms reports increase in demand in first quarter - April 12, 2010
Accucoms, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers, has announced that it closed the first quarter of 2010 with an increase in demand for its marketing and sales services. The announcement was made at the ongoing UKSG 33rd Annual Conference… Read More
Oxford University Press aligns three academic publishing divisions under single leadership - April 9, 2010
Academic and reference books publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced a new structure for its global academic publishing. This will align the three academic publishing divisions - OUP USA, the UK Academic Division and Oxford Journals - under the single leadership of Tim Barton,… Read More
Emerald announces compliance with Release 3 of COUNTER - March 30, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, has announced that it is compliant with release 3 of the COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources) code of practice. COUNTER is an international initiative serving librarians, publishers and intermediaries for recording and reporting… Read More
