eSpindle to offer lexical data under SaaS model - May 19, 2010
Online tutoring service provider eSpindle Learning, US, has announced that it will offer its 150,000 word resource, claimed to be one of the largest available online, via the ‘Subscription as a Service’ (SaaS) model. With this initiative, it is expected that offering audio, images, usage examples… Read More
RSNA announces slight increase in 2011 subscription prices for Radiology and RadioGraphics - May 13, 2010
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has announced that subscription prices for 2011 will be increased for both RSNA journals - Radiology and RadioGraphics. Last year's prices were kept flat in an effort to aid librarian's decreasing budgets. Print editions of the journals are offered… Read More
Swiss scientist applies to protect online reviewing and journal-publishing process - May 10, 2010
Henry Markram, a scientist in Switzerland, is seeking to patent a system for peer reviewing and publishing scientific papers online, according to the journal Nature. Last year, Markram, a neuroscientist and publishing entrepreneur at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, filed internationally for… Read More
Wiley to provide emergency access to scholarly content after a natural disaster - April 26, 2010
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that they have approved a Natural Disaster Access Clause that will extend licensed electronic content to emergency workers, students, faculty, and academic institutions affected by a local, national or global natural disaster. The first license to include… Read More
Nature Publishing Group announces open access pricing details for 2011 - March 17, 2010
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced details of its 2011 pricing policy for Nature Communications and other NPG journals offering an open access (OA) option. NPG currently sets a threshold of 10 percent OA content in a journal in a given year, at… Read More
Library Associations raise Google Book Search pricing concerns to DOJ - December 21, 2009
The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) recently sent a letter to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) asking for ongoing judicial oversight of the… Read More
OUP and CCC in deal to provide university customers with expanded reuse rights - December 18, 2009
Copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, has announced that Oxford University Press, Inc. (OUP-USA) has signed an agreement to license the reuse of about 100,000 books and journals from the US and Oxford University Press in the UK (OUP… Read More
NPG trims ‘EMBO Journal’ and EMBO reports prices due to open access uptake - November 16, 2009
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) have announced that prices for site licence access to the EMBO Journal and EMBO reports will be reduced by 9 percent in 2010. This is seen to reflect the increased publication of… Read More
Adis announces new pricing model for recession-hit customers - November 6, 2009
Adis, a Wolters Kluwer business, has announced a new tiered pricing model for institutions subscribing to its leading pharmacology titles in 2010. The new tiered pricing model is designed to make Adis’ publications more affordable for their recession-hit customers. The new model offers 3 tiers of… Read More
Maney Publishing joins NESLi2 SMP e-journals content collection - November 5, 2009
Academic books and journals publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced that it has joined the NESLi2 SMP (Small and Medium-sized Publishers) collection. Maney expects the move to make its e-journals available for licensing to a greater number of higher and further education and research communities. The… Read More
