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FBF acquires minority stake in IPR License Ltd
The Frankfurt Book Fair (October 14-18, 2015) has announced a significant investment in IPR License, the global rights and licensing trading platform. The deal will see FBF take a minority shareholding in IPR License Ltd. The two companies will align to embark on a strategic sales, marketing and tech-based licensing partnership to further establish the IPR platform TradeRights as the industry standard tool for rights and licensing transactions.
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The Institution of Engineering and Technology and Editage partner to offer pre-submission editing and language services for IET journal authors
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Europe’s leading publisher of world-class digital and print engineering & technology content, and Editage, an English-language editing and publication support services provider, have announced a partnership to provide discounted English-language editing services to authors submitting to the IET portfolio of journals. This partnership allows authors submitting to any journal published by the IET to benefit from high-quality language editing services.
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SciELO and ReadCube partnership to enhance scholarly articles
Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) has announced the integration of ReadCube Connect’s Interactive PDF viewer for over 285 scientific journals and over 280,000 articles of the SciELO Brazil collection. ReadCube Connect combines the familiar, print-like layout of PDFs with interactivity and a wealth of related content often lost when readers download the static PDF.
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Society for General Microbiology to use CCC’s RightsLink® for Open Access to streamline entire author fee transaction process
The Society for General Microbiology (SGM) has chosen the RightsLink® for Open Access platform from Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) to manage Article Processing Charges (APCs) for its Open Access publications. RightsLink for Open Access streamlines the entire author fee transaction for Open Access charges, page charges, colour charges, and more, giving publishers an author-centric workflow powered by a robust pricing, discount and collections engine.
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McGraw-Hill Education names Sally Shankland as President of its Higher Education group
Learning science company McGraw-Hill Education has appointed Sally Shankland as president of its Higher Education group. Shankland most recently served as chief executive officer of UBM Americas, a division of UBM plc, where she led the company’s transition from print-based publishing to a digital marketing services business.
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ARL, ACRL, ALA form joint advisory task force to clarify Academic Library Definitions in IPEDS Survey
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) have formed a joint advisory task force to suggest changes to the current definitions and instructions accompanying the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Academic Libraries Component for FY 2015. The ARL/ACRL task force will work to provide formal recommendations to IPEDS by early July 2015.
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ACCUCOMS announces new agreements with University of California Press, ICE Publishing and Aviation Week
ACCUCOMS has announced several new agreements representing prestigious publishing clients and their online publications into a number of key territories. In addition to these developments, ACCUCOMS announced a representation agreement with Penton’s Aviation Week Network. The agreement, which commenced April 1, 2015, provides ACCUCOMS with the rights to represent Aviation Week’s data and intelligence services throughout most of Europe.
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