Ex Libris and Harrassowitz to provide ‘streamlined acquisition process’
Booksellers and subscription agent Harrassowitz is to join forces with Ex Libris Group with the aim of providing library staff with a streamlined acquisition…
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Nature Publishing Group moves to CC BY 4.0 for OA journals
All 18 open access journals owned by Nature Publishing Group (NPG), and two society titles published by NPG, will use the Creative Commons Attribution…
New page as Overleaf appoints Baynes
Overleaf, (previously WriteLaTeX), the collaborative authoring and publishing tool for scientific research, has appointed Mary Anne Baynes as head of sales and marketing
EBSCO and American Medical Association move closer
EBSCO Information Services and the American Medical Association (AMA) are expanding their relationship in an effort to further promote visibility and adoption of the…
Librarians urge publishers: get your metadata out there, everywhere
Improving the Discoverability of Scholarly Content: Academic Library Priorities and Perspectives, a Sage white paper published today, discusses new ways for members of the…
Sustainable Collection Services snapped up by OCLC
OCLC has acquired Sustainable Collection Services (SCS), a company dedicated to helping libraries manage their print collections
Springer merger with Macmillan announced
Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and BC Partners have announced an agreement to merge Springer Science+Business Media in its entirety with the majority of Macmillan Science…
Open access needs simple and standard processes, say institutions
The move towards a sustainable open access system needs simplified and standardised processes, according to participants of a meeting hosted by Copyright Clearance Center…
Newsflo snapped up by Elsevier
Elsevier has acquired Newsflo, a London-based company that helps researchers and academic institutions to measure the wider impact of their work by tracking and…
Nature launches first self-branded journal in four years
Nature has today launched its first new self-branded journal for four years: Nature Plants
Bibliotheca acquires Aturis
Bibliotheca Group has acquired Aturis Group, a provider of library solutions in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany
Elsevier to launch all-discipline OA journal
Elsevier is preparing to collaborate with the research community to develop an open-access journal covering all disciplines on one platform, with the aim of…