IDPF set to formally launch European headquarters in Paris - August 26, 2015
The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) will later this year formally launch a new European headquarters in Paris, France. IDPF Europe will be co-located with European headquarters for the affiliated Readium Foundation, hosted by a newly created European Digital Reading Lab (EDRL).… Read More
BMJ opens new office in Hoboken, New Jersey, adds to operations in China and Brazil - June 30, 2015
Global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has opened an office in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. The North American office reflects the growing demand for BMJ's journals, clinical decision support tools, and quality improvement solutions, in the world's largest healthcare market. BMJ publishes The BMJ and a… Read More
CABI integrates IT and Publishing to create new Knowledge Business - March 13, 2015
Global academic publisher, CABI, has integrated IT and Publishing to create a new Knowledge Business. The strategic focus on delivering knowledge solutions into all CABI's markets will help the organisation achieve greater scale and impact. CABI will bring the benefits of modern, flexible technology to all… Read More
CABI Publishing brings Western European representation in-house - March 2, 2015
Global academic publisher CABI has announced that representation for its applied life sciences print books in Western Europe will switch from Durnell Marketing to CABI from March 31, 2015. Representation will be brought in-house and handled by CABI's regional sales team. The switch will support… Read More
CGG’s Multi-Physics Business Line now fully operational - January 20, 2015
CGG, a fully integrated Geoscience company, has confirmed that its new Multi-Physics Business Line is now up and running within its Acquisition Division. The new Business Line combines all of CGG's Airborne capabilities with its GravMag Solutions business. The Multi-Physics Business Line offers clients timely… Read More
WriteLaTeX relaunches under new name of Overleaf in 2015 - January 12, 2015
WriteLaTeX, a provider of tools for writing scholarly papers in an online collaborative academic world, is relaunching in 2015 under the new name of Overleaf as part of a major upgrade to the service. The move is part of their efforts to make the power of… Read More
Springer rebrands journal Naturwissenschaften as The Science of Nature - December 4, 2014
STM publisher Springer has announced that starting January 2015, the journal Naturwissenschaften - The Science of Nature will have a new name. By switching the title and subtitle, it will be known as The Science of Nature and thus be more identifiable to the international scientific… Read More
Cengage Learning moves corporate headquarters to Boston - April 15, 2014
Educational content, software and services company Cengage Learning has named its Boston, MA office as the new corporate headquarters for its global business. In an unprecedented move, the company is establishing its central operations in the Channel Center, located in Boston's Innovation District. More than 500… Read More
Thieme Publishers open new offices in Rio de Janeiro - March 21, 2014
Medical and scientific publisher Thieme has expanded its global activities by opening offices on yet another continent: South America. Thieme Publicações LTDA, headquartered in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, has just published the first Portuguese-language clinical book "Endonasal: Atlas de anatomica cirúrgica". Unlike Thieme Publishers Delhi,… Read More
OCLC completes major technical upgrade of core WorldCat infrastructure - June 11, 2013
Library information provider OCLC, US, has completed the development work to convert the underlying structure for its WorldCat database to Apache HBase, a distributed platform in use by many global information providers, including Facebook, Adobe and Salesforce.com. This marks the conclusion of… Read More
