Blackwell's books platform becomes COUNTER-compliant
29 March 2007
Blackwell Books Online has been certified as providing COUNTER-compliant usage data.
Publishing news
Wolters Kluwer sells Education division
29 March 2007
Private equity firm Bridgepoint Capital Limited is buying the Education division of Wolters Kluwer.
Oxford Journals opens Chinese office
29 March 2007
Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press, is opening a representative office in China.
German researchers get Emerald archive
22 March 2007
German researchers will have access to all Emerald journals between 1994 and 2005 thanks to a new agreement between the publisher and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
Elsevier acquires Beilstein Database
8 March 2007
Elsevier has bought the Beilstein Database, the world's largest compilation of chemical facts in the field of organic chemistry.
Apex takes on medical digitisation project
1 March 2007
The publishing services division of Apex CoVantage has been selected to create a multi-million page digital archive of medical journals for a major association.
Publishing Technology lists on AIM
27 February 2007
The new publishing services company formed from the merger of Ingenta and VISTA International will be listed on the AIM stock exchange from tomorrow.
European partners explore cross-border licences
26 February 2007
Four national ICT bodies have begun a multinational tender process to explore with publishers the possibility of cross-border licensing arrangements.
Hindawi completes OA conversion
23 February 2007
Hindawi Publishing has changed its last two subscription-based journals to an open-access publishing model.
Springer boosts social science programme
22 February 2007
Springer has acquired 29 journals from Transaction Publishers to strengthen its social-sciences position.
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