Academic Rights Press, The Electrochemical Society and GeoScienceWorld Sign New Contracts with ACCUCOMS
In October 2012, ACCUCOMS signed new representation agreements with Academic Rights Press (ARP), The Electrochemical Society (ECS) and GeoScienceWorld (GSW). ACCUCOMS now represents ARP...
NPG expands Creative Commons Attribution license options
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) today introduces the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license on its 19 NPG-owned academic journals. From December 2012, the CC...
IET and Minesoft Launch Minesoft Inspec Platform
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and global information solutions provider, Minesoft, have today announced the launch of their Minesoft Inspec platform.
The service...
Maney Publishing and Oxbow Books form journal publishing partnership
Extending a business relationship that has endured for many years, Oxbow will transfer its journal publishing operation to Maney Publishing effective from 2013. Primarily...
OCLC to create MARC records for Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press has teamed up with OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) to create MARC records for its eBook Products.
In November 2012 OCLC will...
Northern New England Accountable Care Collaborative selects Gold Standard Drug Database
Elsevier’s Gold Standard, a leading drug information provider, announced today that the Northern New England Accountable Care Collaborative, LLC (NNEACC), composed of Eastern Maine...
China Academic Library & Information System consortium meeting with IOP Publishing
A delegation from the China Academic Library & Information System (CALIS) visited London last week to meet with IOP Publishing (IOP).
CALIS and IOP discussed...
Springer Science+Business Media to acquire Papers
Springer Science+Business Media has reached an agreement to acquire Mekentosj BV and Lifve Ltd. which includes the software tool Papers. Papers is the leading...
British Library leads the way for sharing research data in the UK as five...
Five major research centres have expanded their commitment to make data more accessible through the British Library’s DataCite service, a global initiative which addresses...
RSC supports Marblar: crowdsourcing ideas for unused science
The RSC has teamed up with an Oxford University spin-out to sponsor six challenges on Marblar - a radical new online platform for finding applications...
Elsevier Collaborates with the OSTI to Increase Access to and Visibility of Research
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has incorporated 300,000 full-text technical reports from the Office of Scientific...
Maney Publishing acquires Left Coast Press, Inc. journals
In an innovative partnership, Maney Publishing has acquired the journal publishing division of Left Coast Press, Inc. (LCP). The 13 journals centre around a strong...