Global Nature Publishing Index 2012 supplement released, United States continues to dominate world science
The United States remains the superpower of science, dominating a ranking of the world's top 200 institutions in 2012, published today in the first...
OCLC launches WorldCat Metadata API
OCLC has launched the new WorldCat Metadata API that will enable member libraries and partners to build and share applications on the OCLC WorldShare Platform for libraries to...
Thomson Reuters Research Analytics Unveils 2013 Edition of Its Journal Citation Reports
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the release...
G8 science ministers’ recommendations on access to research
As preparations were underway in Northern Ireland for the 39th G8 summit, science ministers from G8 nations met with their national science academies to discuss...
Janet Lees to retire as OCLC EMEA Community Liaison
Janet Lees, OCLC Europe, the Middle East and Africa Community Liaison, has announced plans to retire after 31 years with the worldwide library cooperative.
Ms....
OCLC completes major technical upgrade of core WorldCat infrastructure
OCLC completed the development work to convert the underlying structure for its WorldCatdatabase to Apache HBase, a distributed platform in use by many global information...
Macmillan Science & Education Launch Chinese Head Office in Shanghai
Macmillan Science and Education, a global division of one of the largest and best-known publishing and technology companies in the world will today host...
Publisher Springer Science to Raise $993 Million in IPO
German academic publisher Springer Science & Business Media GmbH said it plans to raise about 760 million euros ($993 million) in its initial public...
China boosts top quality science publications by 35% in 2012
Authors based in China contributed 8.5% of all research papers published in Nature branded journals in 2012, up 35% on 2011 figures. This is...
OFT clears OUP’s Nelson Thornes acquisition
The Office of Fair Trading today cleared Oxford University Press (OUP)’s acquisition of Nelson Thornes.
OUP, which is a department of the University of...
EBSCO Publishing and EBSCO Information Services Merge
EBSCO Industries, Inc. announces the EBSCO Information Services (EIS) and EBSCO Publishing (EP) businesses will merge on July 1, 2013 and will operate as...
ProQuest Completes Acquisition of EBL
ProQuest, an information company central to global research, has completed its acquisition of Ebook Library (EBL), significantly expanding its e-book delivery and aggregation capabilities...