New open-access imprint launches
A new academic imprint, Bloomsbury Academic, is aiming to have about 50 open-access titles by the end of 2009.
A new academic imprint, Bloomsbury Academic, is aiming to have about 50 open-access titles by the end of 2009.
Emerald acquires Elsevier's social-science book series, serials and monographs.
EBSCO Publishing has bought ten social science print indexes from Sage with a view to publishing online
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 has acquired 29 journals from Transaction Publishers to strengthen its social-sciences position.
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