New open-access imprint launches
9 September 2008
A new academic imprint, Bloomsbury Academic, is aiming to have about 50 open-access titles by the end of 2009.
James Molloy reflects on the many different strands of his role as a librarian
social science
Emerald expands portfolio
25 January 2008
Emerald acquires Elsevier's social-science book series, serials and monographs.
EBSCO buys Sage indexes
30 August 2007
EBSCO Publishing has bought ten social science print indexes from Sage with a view to publishing online
Proquest's Prisma tops 100 titles
17 August 2007
US digital content provider, Proquest, claims its social sciences database, Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanisticas (Prisma), now holds more than 100 full text journals
Springer boosts social science programme
22 February 2007
Springer has acquired 29 journals from Transaction Publishers to strengthen its social-sciences position.
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