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 Wolters Kluwer Health to acquire Firecracker
Wolters Kluwer Health has signed an agreement to acquire Firecracker, an adaptive learning, assessment, and study-planning solution used by more than 20 percent of U.S. medical students. Firecracker will become part of the Health Learning, Research & Practice group, which produces high quality medical education and practice content under the Lippincott imprint.
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 ProQuest integrates Syndetics Unbound with Ebook Central, makes discoverability easier for library patrons
Libraries with the Academic Complete® subscription, ProQuest’s flagship ebook resource, can now provide an enhanced user experience for their patrons in the Ebook Central® platform, as the result of a new integration with the Syndetics UnboundTM service. Syndetics Unbound is an enrichment service that integrates with a library’s catalog or discovery layer, adding up to 16 interactive elements designed to encourage exploration and increase circulation.
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 EBSCO eBooks to soon make 70,000 titles available DRM-free to libraries
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is making more than 70,000 EBSCO eBooksTM Digital Rights Management (DRM) free. The DRM-free initiative reinforces EBSCO’s commitment to working with publishers to increase e-book options for libraries. With thousands of DRM-free titles available, libraries can now purchase both DRM-free and DRM-protected e-books from EBSCO.
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 Thieme and the AO Foundation announce third edition of AO Principles of Fracture Management
Medical and scientific publishing house Thieme and the AO Foundation have announced the publication of the third edition of the highly acclaimed two-volume set – AO Principles of Fracture Management. Featuring contributions from more than 60 highly renowned surgeons, scientists, and medical professionals, this definitive guide is the go-to resource in fracture management.
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 Thermo Fisher Scientific acquires Core Informatics
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has acquired Core Informatics, which provides a leading cloud-based platform supporting scientific data management. Core’s offerings will significantly enhance Thermo Fisher’s existing informatics solutions and complement its cloud platform, which supports the company’s genetic analysis, qPCR and proteomics systems.
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 Knowledge Unlatched and Luminos announce partnership
Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the central platform for the sustainable funding of Open Access (OA) models, has announced a partnership with Luminos, the OA initiative from the University of California Press (UC Press). The Luminos initiative publishes around 40 books per year in OA. Books selected for the programme undergo the same rigorous standards of peer review, production, and marketing as University of California Press’ traditional programme.
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