EBSCO unveils ERM Essentials, an electronic resource management tool for libraries - January 18, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced the release of ERM Essentials, an electronic resource management (ERM) solution that seeks to help libraries manage e-resources. According to the company, the system features auto-population of holdings and data, making a highly effective ERM solution. The… Read More
Maney Publishing launches open access model, MORE OpenChoice - January 18, 2010
Academic Publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced the launch of a new open access (OA) business model, MORE OpenChoice. Twenty-four materials science and engineering journals and fifteen health science titles are initially included in MORE OpenChoice, with the intention to expand this to humanities journals in… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and ADMC launch new OA journal – Cell Death & Disease - January 15, 2010
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and the Associazione Differenziamento e Morte Cellulare (ADMC) have announced the launch of a new open access journal - Cell Death & Disease. Published by NPG the ADMC, the journal explores the area of cell death from a translational… Read More
Emerald offers pay-per-view access for eBook Series - January 15, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, has announced that pay-per-view access is now available for its eBook Series. Non-subscribers can now select only the specific chapters that they need to consult. Emerald offers two eBook Series Collections - The Business, Management and… Read More
Annual Reviews announces new collection of economics journals - January 14, 2010
Nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews, US, has announced its new collection of economics journals. The new journals are: Annual Review of Economics, Annual Review of Financial Economics and Annual Review of Resource Economics. The new titles summarise developments in their respective fields and reflect the advancement of… Read More
Emerald to showcase new online portal at ALA Midwinter 2010 - January 14, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, has announced that will introduce the improved interface, and search and browse functionality of its website at this year's ALA Midwinter Conference. The event is scheduled from January 15-18, 2010, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition… Read More
SAGE expands list of titles offering open access through SAGE Open - January 13, 2010
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it has extended the list of titles included in its SAGE Open initiative. Ninety SAGE journals will now offer open access through SAGE Open. SAGE Open initiative is a hybrid open access publishing model allowing authors the option to pay… Read More
ebrary to unveil data sharing service, DASH! - January 12, 2010
Digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, has announced the launch of a service called DASH! for its Academic Complete subscribers. The service is expected to allow subscribers to quickly and easily upload, integrate and share an unlimited number of their own PDF documents from… Read More
Cengage Learning launches CengageBrain.com, enters textbook rental market - January 12, 2010
Higher education publisher Cengage Learning, US, has announced the launch of CengageBrain.com, a retail outlet providing students with a variety of choices for obtaining the company's diverse array of learning solutions. Students can now rent textbooks for up to 70 percent off… Read More
Cell Press journals available in Elsevier’s Article of the Future format - January 11, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that all research articles in its collection of Cell Press journals will be published online in the new ‘Article of the Future’ format. Previously released as a demonstration prototype for two sample articles, the Article of the Future is an… Read More
