Polish Academy of Sciences picks Versita
18 January 2011
Polish Academy of Sciences will publish 21 open-access journals with Versita
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NPG supports Creative Commons
11 January 2011
Nature Publishing Group will support the work of Creative Commons through an annual donation
ProQuest acquires ebrary
11 January 2011
ProQuest has acquired ebrary, adding a quarter of a million e-books to ProQuest's content offerings
East View acquires Map Link
10 January 2011
East View has purchased Map Link, a supplier of worldwide travel and adventure maps
Swets works with Cognizant for effectiveness and innovation
21 December 2010
Swets has entered into a global technology relationship with Cognizant, which provides consulting, technology and business process outsourcing services
Springer announces API challenge
16 December 2010
Springer has announced a competition for original, non-commercial applications using Springer metadata and content APIs
Jönköping University buys SAGE Research Methods Online
16 December 2010
Jönköping University, Sweden, signs six-year purchase of SAGE Research Methods Online
Springer provides e-book and book services to Atlantis Press
13 December 2010
French scientific publishing house transfers production, marketing and distribution for its portfolio of books to Springer
NPG experiments look at community research practice
18 November 2010
Two new experiments aim to help to improve best practices for pre-publication data sharing and drafting of community standards in the genomics research community
Increased Google access doubles CAB Direct usage
18 November 2010
Usage of CAB Direct platform more than doubles after Semantico increases Google access
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