UpToDate offers free access to physicians in low and middle income countries - April 9, 2009
Electronic clinical information resource UpToDate, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that it is providing low and middle income countries (LMICs) with access to its evidence-based, physician-authored medical information resource. It had launched a two-year programme earlier this year with Brigham and Women's Global Health Equity… Read More
Springer not for sale, states CEO Derk Haank - April 6, 2009
Derk Haank, CEO, Springer Science + Business Media, has confirmed that the company is not for sale. Speaking at the recently held UK Serials Group conference, he did, however, reveal that Springer's private equity owners, Candover and Cinven, were in discussions with a third partner to… Read More
Burgundy to promote innovative and emerging publishers at UKSG Exhibition - March 13, 2009
Publishing sales resource provider Burgundy Information Services Ltd., UK, has announced that it will be showcasing a variety of products at the forthcoming UKSG Conference and Exhibition. The event, to be held from March 30 - April 1, in Torquay, UK, is projected as a key… Read More
Chinese Universities to gain online access to clinical oncology journals from CIG Media Group - March 12, 2009
Medical publisher CIG Media Group, US, has announced its participation in the 2009 Gateway to China programme through Swets and China Educational Publications Import & Export Corporation (CEPIEC). The China Road Shows programme is a unique exhibition with the purpose of promoting journals and electronic resources… Read More
ProQuest announces Shibboleth support for ProQuest platform - February 12, 2009
ProQuest, part of Cambridge Information Group, US, has announced that all products hosted on the ProQuest platform - from ABI/INFORM, Research Library and ProQuest Central to historical and current newspapers, ProQuest Medical Library and Entrepreneurship - are now Shibboleth compliant. The Shibboleth System (a trademark of… Read More
Veterinary technicians to receive more CE Credits through Veterinary Technician journal - February 10, 2009
Veterinary Learning Systems, a division of MediMedia USA, has announced that effective with the February issue, the continuing education (CE) credits offered in the monthly journal Veterinary Technician will be increased to 1 credit hour for each CE article. Previously, only 0.5 CE credits were available… Read More
Open access publisher MJM to stop publishing new papers - February 3, 2009
Medical journal, the Medscape Journal of Medicine (MJM), owned by WebMD, will not publish new papers hence forth, it has been reported. The announcement was made by Editor-in-Chief George Lundberg and colleagues. MJM believes it can provide the most value to its members by focusing… Read More
Nature Clinical Practice journals to be rebranded Nature Reviews - January 30, 2009
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that the eight Nature Clinical Practice journals will be rebranded Nature Reviews, effective April 2009, increasing the size of the Nature Reviews portfolio from seven to fifteen titles. Launched in 2004 and 2005, the Nature Clinical Practice… Read More
Springer signs new publishing agreements - January 29, 2009
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced a publishing partnership with the Education Research Institute of Seoul National University in Korea. Under the deal, Springer will publish the latter's journal, Asia Pacific Education Review (APER), from 2009. Published quarterly, the Asia Pacific Education Review aims to stimulate… Read More
Cambridge University Press announces plans to reorganise printing business - January 27, 2009
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press (CUP) has announced plans to reorganise its printing business, Cambridge Printing Services, Ltd (CPSL), as a printer to the European part of CUP's publishing operation. The move follows a strategic review of the company's printing business over the past nine months.… Read More
