Publishing news

In a bid to drive so-called open access publishing forward, the Swiss National Science Foundation reveals a new directive on open access for SNSF-sponsored researchers

Electronic book business, ebrary, has teamed up with University of Virginia Press, Allen & Unwin and other publishers to make more 'eBooks' available to libraries worldwide

Brill has selected "IngentaConnect" to host its 50,000 article back-file in a bid to give academics the opportunity to search for a broader range of content

Ovid Technologies will provide over 300 OUP medical and health science e-books, including over 80 new titles, for subscription and purchase on the Books@Ovid platform.

SAGE will act as the Hammill Institute on Disabilities' representative regarding subscriptions, licensing, production, advertising, and online dissemination for the nonprofit organisation's 14 special education journals.

Springer Science+Business Media will buy German scientific publisher Spektrum Akademischer Verlag from Elsevier.

Accucoms has launched a sales representation service for publishers wishing to increase their sales in Latin America.

Wiley and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) have renewed and extended their agreement for publication of the Institute's flagship journals.

Emerald has acquired four journals from Troubador Publishing.