Jisc announces new initiatives to enable safe and secure sharing of medical research data - October 3, 2014
Jisc is enabling researchers across the UK to safely and securely share health data to progress their research with a collaborative initiative. This initiative is showcasing how the UK’s research and education network, Janet, provided by Jisc, can offer additional controls and safeguards for researchers working… Read More
LIBER calls on European Commission to take measures towards enabling Open Science - October 1, 2014
On the eve of the closing of the European Consultation on Science 2.0, LIBER issued a statement both welcoming the Consultation as a step towards strengthening the competitiveness of European research, and calling on the European Commission to take measures towards enabling Open Science. Commenting… Read More
Swets Information Services B.V. declared bankrupt - September 25, 2014
Following the suspension of payment for Swets & Zeitlinger Group B.V., granted by the court in Amsterdam on September 19, 2014, the Swets Management team, together with J.L.M. Groenewegen (CMS), the appointed administrator, have been working to investigate alternatives for the business. Unfortunately, concrete alternatives to… Read More
Swets files for bankruptcy, publishers urge customers to find alternative agents - September 24, 2014
Subscription agent SWETS has written to publishers that to protect the business interests of Swets & Zeitlinger Group BV, the company has requested the court in Amsterdam to declare a suspension of payments of Swets & Zeitlinger Group BV and appoint an administrator. This request was… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health announces endorsement of NCLEX preparation product by CNSA - September 4, 2014
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Lippincott NCLEX-RN® PassPoint has been selected as the only NCLEX Exam preparation solution officially endorsed by the Canadian Nursing Students' Association (CNSA). Lippincott PassPoint is a prominent NCLEX-preparation learning tool in the US, and is now poised… Read More
World Scientific brings new e-book collections to Universiti Brunei Darussalam - August 29, 2014
Almost 4,000 e-books published by STM publisher World Scientific Publishing and Imperial College Press were made available to students and faculty members at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) through a new agreement. The agreement is part of the university's mandate to develop better capability and resources… Read More
Students in Florida’s largest districts to use Cengage Learning’s NGL reading and language arts programs - August 27, 2014
Nearly 100,000 middle and high school students in Florida will use learning materials from National Geographic Learning (NGL) when they return to school this Fall. The state's three largest school districts – Miami-Dade, Broward County and Hillsborough County – and nine other districts in the state,… Read More
Springer membership of OASPA reinstated with immediate effect - August 26, 2014
In a statement on the OASPA blog in April 2014, OASPA's Membership Committee made the decision to place Springer's membership under review as a result of concerns that were raised regarding the peer review policies of several of… Read More
First OSA Local Section founded in the UK - August 22, 2014
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced the formation of the London OSA Local Section, the first local section of the society located in the United Kingdom. The London OSA Local Section was recently approved by the OSA Member and Education Services Council and will serve the… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health announces its participation in NLM’s Emergency Access Initiative - August 20, 2014
Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, has announced its participation in the U.S. National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) by providing 55 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) medical, nursing and allied health specialty journals during a… Read More
