The Royal Society of Chemistry has appointed James Milne as managing director, publishing
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Brill and Leiden University Libraries digitise Middle Eastern manuscripts
Leiden University Libraries and Brill digitise 110,000 pages of Middle Eastern manuscripts
Ingram helps Bilbary expand content library
Bilbary has chosen Ingram Content Group to provide the titles it offers to its customers
ACCUCOMS launches publisher services in India
ACCUCOMS has launched representation services in India, with local staff operating from New Delhi and Chennai
Copyright Clearance Center acquires Pubget
Copyright Clearance Center has acquired Pubget, which offers search, retrieval and browse capabilities for content
Elsevier acquires life-sciences content-management business
Elsevier has bought QUOSA, a content management and workflow productivity solutions provider for researchers and information managers
Fellowship programme helps rare-books scholars
Elsevier and the Scaliger Institute of Leiden University Libraries have established a fellowship programme to enable rare-books scholars to study 16th-18th century scientific scholarship and publishing
Project aims to 'spruce up' preservation
Leeds University Library in the UK has launched the Sustainable PReservation Using Community Engagement (SPRUCE) project
De Gruyter buys Versita
De Gruyter has bought Versita in a move that it says makes it the third largest international open-access publisher
Semantico powers Brill reference works
Semantico's new SIPP2 software has been used to build a revised version of BrillOnline for reference works and bibliographies
Harvard e-books join De Gruyter platform
Harvard University Press is now marketing its entire range of electronic products, including both new books and a back catalogue of more than 10,000 titles, through De Gruyter
Western Australian libraries pick Ingram
The Western Australian Group of University Librarians Consortium (WAGUL) has chosen Ingram Content Group for its print and digital content solutions