OCLC and Gale expand partnership
OCLC and Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, have agreed to make all Gale...
ProQuest Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire EBL
ProQuest, an information company central to global research, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ebook Library (EBL), which will significantly expand its e-book delivery...
Thomson Reuters Enhances Discoverability of Scholarly Research with Expanded Book Citation Index
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the expansion of...
More publishers to add e-book metadata to WorldCat
OCLC has signed new agreements with leading publishers around the world to add more e-book metadata to WorldCat, the most comprehensive online database of...
Oxford University Press acquires Nelson Thornes
Oxford University Press (OUP) today announced it has acquired Nelson Thornes, extending OUP’s range of educational publishing.
OUP, which is a department of the...
Elsevier In Advanced Talks To Buy Mendeley For Around $100M
The world of ed-tech is ramping up another notch, and getting a lot more open in the process: educational publishing giant Elsevieris in advanced talks...
Duke University Press E-Books Will Move To Highwire
Expanded Partnership Will Provide a New Home for the e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection for a Seamless Research Experience across Books and Journals
Duke University Press...
Gordon Macomber to Lead Scientific and Scholarly Research Business of Thomson Reuters
Gordon Macomber has been appointed to the role of managing director of the Scientific and Scholarly Research (SSR) unit of the Intellectual Property &...
New Study: Over 6.7million Students Learning Online
The 2012 Survey of Online Learning conducted by the Babson Survey Research Group reveals the number of students taking at least one online course...
WKH & Natural Standard Partner to Streamline Access to Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine...
Wolters Kluwer Health and Natural Standard, the authority on integrative medicine, are pleased to announce a partnership to expand access to Natural Standard Database...
EBSCO Publishing Acquires PEMSoft to Expand its Evidence-Based Pediatric Content
EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has expanded its evidence-based healthcare content with the acquisition of PEMSoft, a premiere pediatric point-of-care clinical information resource.
PEMSoft is an...
Elsevier Analysis Reveals ‘Brain Gain’ Rather Than ‘Brain Drain’ for India
A recent analysis by Elsevier shows that India has a 0.6% net inflow of scientists. Moreover, incoming scientists and short-term visiting (or transitory) scientists...