OUP plans Nelson Thornes transition for early 2014
Nelson Thornes will formally integrate into Oxford University Press early next year, it was announced today.
OUP, which is a department of the University of...
US judge weighs Google book copyright case
A federal judge Monday pointedly questioned attorneys for the Authors Guild in a long-running case on whether Google's book-scanning project violates copyright law.
The two...
Wolters Kluwer Health and the American College of Physicians (ACP) Expand Publishing Partnership to...
Wolters Kluwer Health, a world leader in healthcare information solutions, announced today that ACP Smart Medicine, an evidence-based clinical reference tool produced by the...
Thomson Reuters Reveals New Strategies for Navigating Big Data in the Pharmaceutical Industry
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today released Big Data and the Needs of the Pharma Industry, a whitepaper offering new strategies for managing Big Data, most specifically by using an array of technologies to convert it into more meaningful, accessible Little Data. The paper highlights how the inherently data-driven pharmaceutical industry requires deep, broad information to feed drug R&D, but the way it processes Big Data is unique.
Ian Hames Joins Credo as Director of International Sales
Credo, the industry leader for information skills solutions, today announced that Ian Hames has joined the team as Director of International Sales. He will...
Cogent – New Open Access publisher aims to build more connected communities
Cogent OA – an innovative new Open Access publisher – launched today. Cogent OA is backed by Taylor & Francis Group – a major...
Matt Cockerill to leave BioMed Central/Springer BioMed Central mission and branding to remain unchanged
Matt Cockerill, the Managing Director of BioMed Central, is leaving the company at the end of the year.
Springer acquired BioMed Central in 2008, catching...
PeerJ receives the 2013 ALPSP Award for Publishing Innovation
We are pleased to announce that PeerJ received the 2013 ALPSP (Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers) Award for Publishing Innovation at their...
ARL Publishes Report on Transforming Liaison Roles in Research Libraries
ARL today released Transforming Liaison Roles in Research Libraries, the third report in the New Roles for New Times series. This series highlights the transformation...
The Alberta Library selects OCLC group catalogue as its provincial discovery tool, TAL Online
The Alberta Library (TAL), a consortium of 49 public, university, college, technical institute and special libraries, has selected a group catalogue solution from OCLC as...
Global Medical Publishing 2013-2014 – Book Sales Continue To Fall.
Medical and health care e-books titles are hot — unfortunately for publishers, the double-digit growth rate for e-books has not countered print book losses...
IHS Announces Knowledge Collections: Single Source Subscriptions for Technical eBooks, Standards, Reference Works, Patents...
IHS, the leading global source of information and analytics, today announced the introduction of the IHS Knowledge Collections, an expansive set of pre-packaged compilations...