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Elsevier acquires Ariadne Genomics

08 December 2011

Elsevier has acquired Ariadne Genomics, which provides pathway analysis tools and semantic technologies for life science researchers

Semantico to build global scholarly author registry

08 December 2011

Industry consortium ORCID has chosen Semantico to help build the first phase of its worldwide registry for scholarly authors

Algeria and NPG strike deal

24 November 2011

Algerian researchers get access to Nature and Scientific American

'Living books' aim to break down barriers

24 November 2011

A series of 21 'living books' has been launched online as part of an initiative designed to provide a bridge between the humanities and the sciences

SAGE works with TEMIS

24 November 2011

SAGE has signed a multi-year agreement with TEMIS to increase the usability of SAGE content

Partners investigate national library systems in the Balkans

24 November 2011

OCLC and IZUM investigate partnership to develop library information systems in the Western Balkans

IOP Publishing joins PPA

18 November 2011

Institute of Physics Publishing has joined the Professional Publishers Association

Louisiana Libraries sign deal with Credo

18 November 2011

Louisiana Libraries sign statewide licensing agreement with Credo Reference

Global experiment examines social media for educational content

09 November 2011

A global experiment based on the social media technology behind Twitter and Facebook aims to find out how the social activity around online educational content can be captured and fed back to users, creators and publishers

Springer acquires Pharma Marketing and Publishing Services from Wolters Kluwer

09 November 2011

Springer will acquire Wolters Kluwer's Pharma Marketing and Publishing Services division

European libraries work on e-book search engine

09 November 2011

Libraries across Europe have been working on better integration between their e-book collections as part of the eBooks on Demand initiative

Report points to growth in publishing services for libraries

09 November 2011

Publishing services provided by libraries are expanding and professionalising, according to a new report released for comment by SPARC

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