Negotiations on subscription fees and Open Access between Dutch universities and Elsevier fail Negotiations between the Dutch universities and publishing company Elsevier on subscription fees and Open Access have ground to a halt. In line with the policy pursued by … Continue reading →

Wolters Kluwer Health announces continued support for relief efforts with Ebola outbreak in Africa Healthcare information solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health is supporting the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) extension of free access to medical … Continue reading →

Corporate interest is a problem for research into open-access publishing, says NPG/ Palgrave Macmillan survey Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and its sister company, Palgrave Macmillan, recently conducted a survey, which notes that the open-access movement, which aims to … Continue reading →

University of Kentucky’s UK HealthCare selects Elsevier’s InOrder for its order sets solution STM publisher Elsevier has announced that University of Kentucky’s UK HealthCare (UKHC), a health system with more than 80 specialised clinics throughout the state, has selected Elsevier’s … Continue reading →

New PCG study shows 23 percent of libraries cover APCs for author submissions to OA journals Marketing and sales consulting firm Publishers Communication Group (PCG), a division of Publishing Technology, has released the results of a new survey, according to … Continue reading →

Free global access to Ebola resources from Oxford University Press extended and updated Academic publisher Oxford University Press has announced that it is extending and updating global free access to Ebola resources through the end of 2015 as the crisis … Continue reading →

Industry Veteran Punit Dhandhania joins Scope e-Knowledge Center as Strategic Advisor Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced the appointment of Punit Dhandhania as strategic advisor. Punit Dhandhania is … Continue reading →

New reference series from Elsevier provides latest knowledge on highly prevalent medical conditions STM publisher Elsevier has announced the availability of Clinics Collections, the first of a new series of multidisciplinary, general medical reference digests targeted to a wide variety … Continue reading →

Elsevier launches first virtualized medical institution on PracticeUpdate STM publisher Elsevier recently announced the launch of the first virtual Center of Excellence focused on a single disease, renal cell carcinoma. The knowledge-sharing site for physicians was created by PracticeUpdate, Elsevier’s … Continue reading →