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Bloomsbury buys Berg Publishers
Bloomsbury Publishing is buying the academic publishing company Berg Publishers
More partners join SCOAP3
The SCOAP3 consortium, which is pushing for open access to published high-energy physics research, has announced new partners.
Society for General Microbiology renews Charlesworth's contract
The Charlesworth Group has retained its contract for he typesetting and manufacturing of all Society for General Microbiology (SGM) journals.
EMpact helps Royal Society in Korea
The Royal Society has chosen EBSCO's EMpact Sales to help promote its science journals in Korea.
Bentham Open signs Portico deal
Bentham Open will preserve its open-access e-journals in Portico.
WebMD buys QualityHealth.com
Health information provider WebMD Health is acquiring QualityHealth.com and its owner, Marketing Technology Solutions.
UKPubMed Central gets funding for development
The UK PubMed Central website has received funding for further development over the next three years.
Information professions could become disconnected from users
Information professions including librarianship, archives, publishing and journalism could become increasingly disconnected from their users. This is one of the conclusions of a new book edited by David Nicholas and Ian Rowlands.
Texan university library picks Millennium
The James G. Gee Library at Texas A&M University-Commerce has chosen the Millennium integrated library system from Innovative Interfaces.
ALPSP awards publishing prizes
ALPSP has announced the winners of its 2008 awards.
IOS Press picks EMpact
IOP Press has chosen EMpact Sales, part of EBSCO, as a sales and marketing agent and consultant