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Thieme realigns leadership structure
As of April 1, 2016, Dr. H.C. Albrecht Hauff, publisher and managing partner of the Thieme Publishing Group, and Thieme’s managing director Dr. Wolfgang Knüppe will appoint four executives to the newly formed extended management board. With the new management line-up, the leading provider of media and information services for the medical professions strengthens its position in view of future challenges, brought mainly by the ongoing trend towards digitalisation.
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OCLC and the National Library of the Netherlands sign new long-term agreement for metadata management and discovery services
OCLC and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), the National Library of the Netherlands, have signed a new long-term partnership agreement for metadata management and discovery services that will increase the visibility of Dutch public libraries’ collections. Under the new agreement, library metadata workflows will be moved to WorldCat, the world’s most comprehensive network of data about library collections, and the WorldShare technology platform.
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ProQuest partners with premier Chinese publishers connecting researchers with essential Asian language materials
ProQuest is supporting libraries specialising in Asian Studies or interested in building their Chinese-language collection with carefully selected scholarly titles from renowned Chinese publishers and university presses – all available for perpetual access. These authoritative Chinese-language titles will be available on ProQuest’s new Ebook Central, EBL and ebrary platforms.
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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons selects Editorial Manager
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has selected Aries Systems’ Editorial Manager to support submission and peer-review workflows for its journal, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, which is transitioning from a previous system. The journal is the official journal of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association.
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IOP Publishing and Editage partner to launch IOP Editing Services
Editage, the flagship brand of Cactus Communications (CACTUS), has partnered with IOP Publishing, a publisher of academic research in physics and engineering, to provide manuscript preparation services to authors through IOP Editing Services. Editage, a leader in English-language editing and publication support services, will make available services such as English-language editing, translation, plagiarism checks, and technical reviews.
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Colorado State University selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo solutions
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that Colorado State University (CSU) has selected the Ex Libris Alma® resource management solution and the Primo® discovery and delivery solution, also from Ex Libris. A member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), CSU will be migrating from Innovative Interfaces Millennium and the VuFind library resource portal.
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Ingram Content Group acquires Perseus’ Distribution Businesses
Ingram Content Group has completed the transaction to purchase Perseus’ distribution businesses. Ingram has acquired Perseus’ four distinct publisher services brands: Publisher Group West (PGW), Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, Perseus Distribution Services and Legato, along with Constellation, Perseus’ digital asset management and distribution service.
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