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Wiley-VCH Launches New Journal Advanced Healthcare Materials

Wiley-VCH today announced the launch of the journal Advanced Healthcare Materials, a new international scientific journal dedicated to publishing all aspects of materials science in medicine and biotechnology.

“Our mission is to publish the very best work in the field of materials science aimed at promoting human health,” says Dr. José Oliveira, the Editor-in-Chief of Advanced Healthcare Materials. “The Advanced journals series is the ideal platform for reaching a broad and multidisciplinary readership that expects top quality and relevance from the content we publish,” adds Dr. Lorna Stimson, Deputy Editor.

The journal contains an attractive mix of Communications, Full Papers, Review Articles, Progress Reports, Research News, and Essays on cutting-edge research into biomaterials for drug-delivery systems, cancer therapy, tissue engineering, imaging, biosensors and diagnostic tools, personalized medicine, bioelectronics, and implantable devices.

According to Dr. Peter Gregory, Editor-in-Chief of Advanced Materials, “The launch of this journal is timely, given the recent growth in healthcare-related biomaterials research. Our strong record in materials publishing gives us the opportunity to serve the communities involved in these fields.”

As the newest addition to the Advanced series, Advanced Healthcare Materials is handled by the experiencedAdvanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, and Small editorial team at Wiley-VCH. The editorial team will be supported by an Editorial Advisory Board consisting of top-level international researchers. “Advanced Healthcare Materials will provide a valuable forum for high-quality publications and scientific disclosure that aim to meet the healthcare challenge,” says Professor Younan Xia, Chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board, who leads an internationally renowned program in the synthesis of nanomaterials for biomedical applications.

Papers are published online as EarlyView articles at http://www.advhealthmat.com as they become available. Additionally, in 2012 Advanced Healthcare Materials will publish six issues electronically via Wiley Online Library, Wiley’s dynamic online content platform, and in print. The first issue will be available online on January 11, 2012.

Complimentary online access is available to all institutions through 2013. Users can ask their librarians to register athttp://wileyonlinelibrary.com/newjournals.

For more information please visit http://www.advhealthmat.com.

Elsevier Announces Collaboration with ExitCare to Enhance Patient Education

Elsevier today announced a collaboration with   ExitCare LLC, an enterprise-wide solution for patient education. ExitCare’s content provides Elsevier customers with patient education information available in multiple languages. The ExitCare system’s ability to identify and provide appropriate patient education documents helps providers meet their patient’s educational needs.

ExitCare now provides  Mosby’s Nursing Consult customers more than 6,000 instructions, the majority at a 6th-8th grade reading level, with additional instructions at a 2nd-4th grade reading level. The majority of the English titles have been translated to Spanish. Mosby’s Nursing Consult customers are able to select the content in eight available languages to best fit the organization’s patient population.

“We are excited to partner with Elsevier. Our content products complement each other to address customer needs such as care transitions, improving workflow, patient empowerment and more,” said Roger Jacobi, president of ExitCare. “This will truly be a win-win opportunity for our respective companies. ExitCare’s sophisticated tagging of content helps Elsevier customers address the needs of a diverse patient population.”

Additionally, other benefits to Mosby’s Nursing Consult users include:

  • Graphics featured within many patient instructions
  • Emergency Department Discharge Instructions as part of the product solution
  • Quarterly content updates

“At Elsevier, we are focused on providing a better user experience and allowing customers to achieve better results when it comes to patient education,” said John Schrefer, President of   Elsevier/MCStrategies. “Our collaboration with ExitCare brings a significant advancement in patient education within our products, and we anticipate a better experience for our customers to improve patient outcomes.”

Plans are also underway to integrate ExitCare content into the offerings of   Elsevier/Gold Standard, as well as  MDConsult.

Mosby’s Nursing Consult leverages content from leading nursing resources to help nursing professionals find answers to their clinical questions, bringing evidence-based, best practices to the point of care. A combined reference tool and competency management system, Mosby’s Nursing Skills is a comprehensive resource designed to meet the nurse education and training needs of healthcare organizations, all through convenient online access to evidence-based skills and procedures. Both solutions are part of Mosby’s Nursing Suite, which provides healthcare organizations a line of reference and education resources for nursing professionals.

Sage Begins Publishing Clinical Eeg And Neuroscience

SAGE is delighted to have been chosen by the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society (ECNS) to publish Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, beginning in January 2012.

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience is currently ranked by Thomson Reuters with an impact factor of 1.325, and is listed in MEDLINE. The journal supports the association’s mission to disseminate clinically relevant research and advance development in electroencephalography (EEG) and neuroscience. Joining the SAGE journal family means that Clinical EEG and Neuroscience will be available through SAGE Journals Online and authors will be able to submit articles for review through SAGE Track.

“We chose SAGE as our new publisher for many reasons: provision of online submission, online review, and online publication; reduced costs; increased circulation and profile; online management of membership and subscriber files; and world-wide promotion,” said Dr. Norman C. Moore, Chief Editor of Clinical EEG and Neuroscience. “We have a good journal, and want the world to know about it.  SAGE can facilitate this by increased online discoverability, cross-promotion with other SAGE journals and books, conference attendance, social media, newsletters and free trials.  We are confident that all of this will increase our Impact Factor.”

The EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society (ECNS) an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to disseminating knowledge regarding the latest scientific advances in the various fields of electrophysiology as they relate to the understanding, treatment, and prevention of neurobehavioral disorders.

“Partnering with a publisher can help associations concentrate their efforts on gathering the best research that meets their mission,” said Bob Howard, SAGE Executive Director, US Journals. “SAGE helps organizations like the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society by disseminating their work to not only their members, but also greater audiences. We look forward to working with them to grow their presence in this important field.”

American Heart Association and Wiley-Blackwell Launch Open Access Journal

The American Heart Association (AHA) and Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced an innovative venture to publish a new open access journal, Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, which will launch this fall.

Journal of the American Heart Association will serve as the first online-only open access journal for the AHA, and joins the AHA’s prestigious portfolio of 11 peer-reviewed print and online subscription-based scientific journals, including Circulation; Stroke; Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology; Circulation Research; and Hypertension.

Journal of the American Heart Association will provide rapid publication based on rigorous peer review, aiming for three weeks from acceptance to online publication. The journal will enable authors to be fully compliant with open access requirements of funding organizations and institutions where they apply. All articles will be freely available on HighWire, the journal’s ePublishing platform, and deposited in PubMed Central immediately upon publication.

Vickie Thaw, Publisher at Wiley-Blackwell for Journal of the American Heart Association commented, “We are very enthusiastic about our new partnership with AHA to which Wiley-Blackwell brings a strong history of innovation in journal publishing and extensive global reach. We are looking forward to helping the AHA to develop Journal of the American Heart Association into a successful, high quality journal.”

The AHA has appointed Dr. Joseph Vita as Editor in Chief of Journal of the American Heart Association. Dr. Vita is Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and Associate Chief of Cardiology for Academic Affairs at Boston Medical Center. He is the current Deputy Editor of the AHA journal Circulation, an active contributor on numerous study sections for the NIH and AHA, and Supervisor of a translational research program in vascular biology.

“Launching JAHA, our new journal, is an exciting and pivotal moment for the AHA because we will now be able to offer researchers our first open access alternative, and it will perfectly complete and complement our existing set of journals. We are energized by the opportunities that our partnership with Wiley-Blackwell offers, such as their devotion to their society partners, and their marketing ideas and reach,” said Martha Cathcart, PhD, the Scientific Publishing Committee chair for the American Heart Association.

Dr. Vita comments, “Journal of the American Heart Association will provide a global publishing forum for basic and clinical research articles, reviews, and special reports on cardiovascular disease and stroke. Our content will be rapidly and widely accessible, accelerating the translation of strong science into effective practice.”

Maney Publishing set to publish European Journal of Archaeology

Maney Publishing is delighted to announce an exciting new publishing partnership. From 2012 Maney has been chosen to publish the European Journal of Archaeology, the official journal of the European Association of Archaeologists. This further complements Maney Publishing’s existing range of archaeology titles such as the Journal of Field Archaeology and Environmental Archaeology. Other recent additions to Maney’s archaeology and heritage list include Studies in Conservation and English Heritage Historical Review.

The European Journal of Archaeology is published three times a year in print and online and the first issue under Maney’s imprint, Volume 15.1 will be published in April 2012. Edited by Dr Robin Skeates (Department of Archaeology, Durham University), the journal promotes discussion and debate among archaeologists and covers a wide range of issues both academic and professional. These subjects include reviews of the prehistoric and historic archaeology of Europe and neighbouring regions, to reports on key archaeological discoveries set within a European context. The title will be available online via ingentaconnect.com, and subscriptions include access to the online archive of the previous volumes.

The European Association of Archaeologists has some 1,100 members. Each will receive access as part of their membership package to the journal, which incorporates content from all historical periods within a range of papers, review articles, interviews and debate pieces.

Gaynor Redvers-Mutton, Business Development Manager at Maney, welcomes the new title: “At the heart of this partnership with the European Association of Archaeologists is the commitment to work together to promote the European Journal of Archaeology and to increase its impact and relevance to practising archaeologists.”

The journal editor Dr Robin Skeates, comments: “The European Association of Archaeologists is very pleased to be joining forces with Maney, who share our ambition to enhance further the quality, reputation, readership and impact of our international peer-reviewed journal.”

Find out more about the European Journal of Archaeology.

Find out more about the European Association of Archaeologists.

Emerald give free access to 15 enterprise and innovation titles

Each year, Global Entrepreneurship Week encourages entrepreneurs to build the businesses of tomorrow. In support of this initiative, Emerald Group Publishing is providing free access to its complete collection of 15 entrepreneurship and innovation titles. In total, nine journals and six book series can be read online during Global Entrepreneurship Week from 14-20 November 2011 by visiting www.emeraldinsight.com/tk/gew2011

With so many new jobs in entrepreneurial economies coming from firms less than five years old, it is not surprising that both political and business leaders from around the world are looking to reinvigorate their economies by focusing on ways to stimulate new firms.  Recent issues in Emerald’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation collection have covered open innovation, developing enterprising individuals, governance and social enterprise as well as emerging topics such as gender and Chinese entrepreneurship.  Titles include the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development as well as recently launched titles Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy and the Journal of Family Business Management.

As a publisher, Emerald is committed to demonstrating the real-world, practical application of the content it publishes, and is proud to support initiatives such as the Global Entrepreneurship Week, which started in 2008.  Launched by former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Carl Schramm, the president and CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in the US,  it has grown to 115 countries — with nearly 24,000 partner organizations planning more than 37,000 activities that directly engage more than 7 million people.

For further information about Emerald’s collection of entrepreneurship and innovation journals and book series, visithttp://www.emeraldinsight.com/tk/gew2011

For more information about Global Entrepreneurship Week, visit http://www.gew.org.uk/

EBSCO Publishing Wins Silver in Best in Biz Awards 2011

EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) fromEBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has been named the silver winner in Best New Service of the Year in Best in Biz Awards, the only national business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts.

EBSCO Publishing is the leading content provider for libraries, offering nearly 300,000 eBooks, more than 350 full-text databases and the world’s most comprehensive discovery service, EBSCO Discovery Service. EDS creates a unified, customized index of an institution’s information resources, and an easy, yet powerful means of accessing all of that content from a single search box-searching made even more powerful because of the quality of metadata and depth and breadth of coverage.The Base Index for EBSCO Discovery Service forms the foundation upon which each EDS subscribing library builds out its custom collection. Beginning with the Base Index, each institution extends the reach of EDS by adding appropriate resources including its catalog, institutional repositories, EBSCOhost and other databases, and additional content sources to which it subscribes. It is this combination that allows a single, comprehensive, custom solution for discovering the value of any library’s collection.

Best in Biz Awards 2011 were presented in more than 30 categories, including Best Overall Company of the Year, Most Innovative Company of the Year, Executive of the Year and Best New Product of the Year. More than 150 entries were received in this year’s awards program, from an impressive array of public and private companies from a variety of industries, sectors and regions. The companies that won gold, silver and bronze awards in this year’s program represent the best in American business.

“We are pleased to be honored in Best New Service of the Year” said Ron Burns, Senior Director of Software Product Management for EBSCO Publishing. “The fundamental goal of EDS is to serve the growing needs of library customers and make end users aware of the quality content that their library can make available to them. We applied our innovative search technology to massive amounts of content in conjunction with creative user experience design as a solution to this common need in libraries.”

Winners of Best in Biz Awards 2011 were determined by scores from a panel of high-caliber judges from top-tier business and technology publications, as well as analyst firms, including: Accounting Today, AllBusiness.com, ECT News Network, eWeek Channel Insider, Financial Times, Fox News, Hartford Business Journal, Insight Media, Kelsey Group, King Features Syndicate, Lab Reviews, Network World, PC Magazine, Portfolio, Puget Sound Business Journal, Tech.Blorge, Tech-Gaming, Techtalk and Wired. The 20 judges on this year’s panel boast more than 470 years of combined experience and have written for a combined total of more than 180 consumer, business, financial, trade and technology publications nationwide.

Science channels explode onto YouTube

Google is investing in education and science, with five new YouTube channels dedicated to mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, physics – and spectacular demonstrations

Back in May I wrote a blog post about YouTube and the rise of the amateur in science communication. It’s exciting to now see a kind of punk mentality in science communication, a sense that anyone can do it. This is something I do myself on YouTube and in that article I encouraged you to join me.

Now, in a move away from its traditional user-generated content, YouTube has recently announced its first venture into original content. So let’s take a look at what YouTube will be offering in the way of science communication.

Certainly, this is a major move on behalf of YouTube and its owners at Google. It’s part of a rumoured $100m investment, beginning with the announcement of 100 new channels. These include some big names in entertainment such as Madonna, Ashton Kutcher and Jay-Z. There are also news channels from Reuters and the Wall Street Journal, among others such as channels for WWE and Red Bull. And, further down this list, me.

Well, when I say me, I mean a channel called Numberphile, which will feature me and other mathematicians, with each video being about a different number. Numberphile is actually the brainchild of video journalist Brady Haran, who is already popular on YouTube – and with readers of the Guardian blogger GrrlScientist – for his Periodic Table of Videos, as well as Sixty Symbols (physics) and his Favourite Scientistchannel.

Numberphile launches on 11 November 2011, that’s 11.11.11 – well it seemed appropriate – making it one of the first of the new YouTube 100.

The fact that 10 of the channels in this announcement are educational channels is encouraging. While the serious money may be in channels such as Red Bull and WWE, Google is investing in education, too. In fact, half of those educational channels on offer are science-related.

Brady’s other new channel is on astronomy, Deep Sky Videos. The channel will start by looking at the Messier Objects, a list of approximately 100 astronomical objects. Here’s a preview.

So, with my journalist hat on (it has a piece of card sticking out of the hat band with “Press” written on it), I asked Brady for the inside scoop. Although Brady says he’s “mildly daunted” by the number of videos he will have to produce, he also told me how exciting it was. And I can see why: this is a huge endorsement from YouTube.

To continue reading the Guardian article please click here

With Luxid® 6, Semantic Content Enrichment Goes Mainstream!

Did you miss the Luxid® 6 launch tour in September ? Don’t miss our live webinar in November.

This one-hour session will focus on the latest version of our flagship software, Luxid® 6, the leading Semantic Content Enrichment solution for the Enterprise, used worldwide by leading Publishers, Enterprises and Government agencies to semantically enrich the content they produce and manage.

During this webinar, Daniel Mayer, TEMIS’ Vice-President Corporate Marketing will demonstrate the three key benefit areas of Luxid® 6:
– Faster time-to-benefits, thanks to a larger range of content enrichment techniques that lower the bar in terms of Natural Language Processing expertise and enable users to leverage their existing assets such as thesauri and taxonomies, annotated corpora, as well as domain experts’ knowledge,
– Reduced cost-of-ownership thanks to ready-to-deploy features and a growing list of integrations with third-party content management systems, portals and search engines,
– Empowerment through the introduction of the Content Enrichment Studio, a new suite of tools enabling the design, evaluation and optimization of Skill Cartridges® in complete autonomy.

Do not miss this opportunity to discover how Semantic Content Enrichment can enhance your content! register today and join our Luxid® 6 webinar series!

SPEAKER
Daniel Mayer, VP Corporate Marketing, TEMIS

DURATION
1 hour including a 5-minute Q&A session
WEBINAR DETAILS
The webinar will be hosted by Webex Communications.
You will receive the connection details a few days before the webinar.

Language: English
DATE

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
Time:
11:00 AM Eastern (New York)
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Faculty of 1000 and DynaMed partner to better serve medical professionals needs

DynaMed™ and Faculty of 1000 (F1000), have partnered to better serve the needs of medical professionals looking for rapid access to the best available medical evidence. The partnership expands the DynaMed community to more than 4,000 medical experts adding to the already extensive coverage of specialties in the point-of-care clinical reference tool. The partnership also leverages the expertise of DynaMed and F1000 in assessing the latest medical evidence to highlight research that changes the practice of medicine.

F1000 is an online service that identifies important articles based on the opinions of global leaders in biology and medicine who make up the F1000 Faculty—an international network of 10,000 experts of which over 2,200 are practicing clinicians. These researchers and clinicians select and evaluate the best articles in their chosen specialties, emphasizing the key findings and placing the work in context; essentially providing post-publication peer-review. More than 110,000 article evaluations across medicine and biology from more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals have been published by F1000 to date.

In addition to writing evaluations of important articles, Faculty Members also assign classifications, where relevant, that further identify key features of the articles selected. Articles classified as “Changes Clinical Practice” identify research papers that have the immediate potential to change the practice of medicine. F1000’s ability to immediately assess and update a clinical topic with the best available evidence complements DynaMed, which is updated daily and used around the world by clinicians and other healthcare providers to access the latest evidence-based information.

DynaMed Editor-in-Chief, Brian S. Alper, MD, MPH, says combining a clinical point-of-care reference such as DynaMed with F1000’s world renowned Faculty Members and comprehensive article reviewing system, brings better information to clinicians faster. “Incorporating the contribution of F1000 to the DynaMed community, with their ability to rapidly respond to changes in evidence, creates a powerful clinical alerting service providing DynaMed subscribers with the latest clinical evidence and the ability to make better clinical decisions.” Dr Alper says the ability to immediately impact patient care and provide actionable information to clinicians furthers the mission of both DynaMed and F1000—quantifying the importance of current medical research and putting it into practice.

In August, DynaMed introduced the identification of “practice-changing DynaMed updates” and developed a process with McMaster University’s Health Information Research Unit in which more than 1,000 practicing physicians from 61 disciplines in 77 countries identify the most important evidence changing practice. The new practice-changing updates filter from DynaMed allows users to display only those topics that include updates most likely to change clinical practice. F1000 will expand the community of practicing clinicians by thousands and enhance the identification Practice-Changing DynaMed Updates with even greater global input. This is especially important for meeting the needs of clinicians across all levels of clinical care, all types of clinical settings, and geographic regions with variations in available resources.

ProQuest announces new executive team

ProQuest has organized into strategic business units designed to provide strong, clear focus on customer needs. Chief Executive Officer Kurt Sanford, a highly experienced information services executive, joined the company in July and created the new, agile structure consisting of six business units, led by seasoned, proven executives.

“ProQuest offers an unmatched array of products and services for libraries, researchers, and information professionals. Our momentum is strong and by organizing into strategic business units, we will improve our focus on our customers and markets,” said Mr. Sanford. “Key to the success of this organization is appointing leaders with deep industry expertise and vision in their particular areas of focus. I’m delighted that we have that level of skill within the organization. Each of these leaders has built a track record of achievement in their previous roles and helps position ProQuest for stronger growth and performance.”

Rod Gauvin, Senior Vice President and General Manager headsProQuest® Information Solutions and is responsible for all library markets. Mr. Gauvin joined the company in March 2001 and brings more than 30 years of information industry experience in reference, professional, trade, and educational publishing to his role at ProQuest. Mr. Gauvin is active in library and community organizations such as the United Way and is a member of the 2011-2012 Executive Board for the American Library Association’s ALTAFF division.

Tim Wahlberg, Senior Vice President and General Manager of ProQuest Corporate Market Solutions leads the corporate market business, including ProQuest Dialog® and also heads up the enterprise-wide strategy and business development function. Mr. Wahlberg joined ProQuest earlier this year from Thomson Reuters, where he held a variety of strategy and operating roles. As Vice President of the Thomson Reuters Corporate Segment, he was responsible for building a rapidly growing business providing information, software and services to legal and compliance departments in corporations.

Michael Gersch continues in his role as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Serials Solutions® while now also overseeing ProQuest’s affiliated business, Bowker®. Together these businesses will compriseProQuest Workflow Solutions and will focus on opportunities to collaborate around discovery, data aggregation, and analysis services. Mr. Gersch’s background includes general manager roles leading high-growth businesses. He has extensive international experience in strategy and business development, finance, and market planning, with a particular expertise in mapping user workflow requirements to software service creation.

Rich LaFauci, Senior Vice President and General Manager of ProQuest Research Solutions, leads the consumer business as well as product brands RefWorks and the recently launched Pivot for research development professionals. Prior to joining ProQuest, Mr. LaFauci led the Technology Capability team for Digitas, directing teams who brought interactive experiences to life and who created the systems to operate and optimize marketing campaigns and programs. He has more than two decades of experience building and marketing customer applications and managing the underlying technology.

Kevin Sayar, President and General Manager of ebrary®, has led the company from its conception in 1999 to its current position as a leading e-book provider to libraries worldwide. Mr. Sayar continues to focus on building the high-growth business through the development of innovative research technologies and flexible acquisition models. He previously worked for Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR), considered the U.S. leader in high technology start-up legal representation, and was an independent consultant to several start-up businesses.

Boe Horton, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of ProQuest East Asia, continues his focus on developing products and services for customers in that region. Prior to joining ProQuest in 2007, Mr. Horton was chief operating officer and general manager of CSA and held a variety of other executive roles in global sales, marketing, product development and editorial operations at other organizations. Mr. Horton is based in Hong Kong.

Rounding out the executive team reporting to Mr. Sanford are Phil Evans, Chief Financial Officer; Kevin Norris, General Counsel and Senior Vice President Global Content Alliance; Simon Beale, Senior Vice President Global Sales and Training; and Lynda James-Gilboe, Senior Vice President Enterprise Marketing and Customer Care. Sy Inwentarz is serving as Interim Chief Information Officer and Jill Hutton is Interim Head of Human Resources.

Springer to acquire Pharma Marketing and Publishing Services from Wolters Kluwer

Springer Science+Business Media has reached an agreement with Wolters Kluwer to acquire the Pharma Marketing and Publishing Services division (MPS).

Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) has reached an agreement with Wolters Kluwer to acquire the Pharma Marketing and Publishing Services division (MPS) for its Springer Healthcare unit. MPS is one of the five largest global providers of strategic marketing, publishing and business intelligence products and services to the pharmaceutical industry, as well as to medical libraries and academic and research institutions.

MPS’s Adis unit publishes a portfolio of 24 highly-regarded scientific journals and newsletters specializing in pharmacology and pharmacotherapy. Further MPS services include drug development and drug safety databases, commercial market analysis, strategic medical and marketing communications programs (that can be formulated by using the resources available from this site), prescriber and patient education materials and pharmaceutical sales force training, among others.

The company has approximately 450 employees, and its main offices are in Auckland (New Zealand), Chester (United Kingdom), Yardley, PA (USA) and Milan (Italy).

Derk Haank, CEO of Springer Science+Business Media said: “This acquisition will significantly strengthen our position in international corporate and healthcare markets, and will also allow us to expand Springer’s STM operations, not only in the Americas and Asia-Pacific regions, but also in parts of Europe where we do not yet have offices. MPS’s high-quality content and services for corporate customers and academics form a perfect complement to our existing portfolio.”

Peter Coebergh, Springer’s President Corporate and Healthcare Markets, said: “This acquisition presents an opportunity for Springer and MPS colleagues to jointly come up with creative and useful new ideas for our customers. Combining the strengths of the MPS and Springer Healthcare portfolios will only be the first step to reach this goal.”

Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) is a leading global scientific publisher, delivering quality content through innovative information products and services. The company is also a trusted provider of local-language professional publications in Europe, especially in Germany and the Netherlands. In the science, technology and medicine (STM) sector, the group publishes around 2,000 journals and more than 7,000 new books a year, as well as the largest STM eBook Collection worldwide. Springer has operations in about 20 countries in Europe, the USA, and Asia, and more than 5,500 employees. In 2010, it generated annual sales of around EUR 866 million.

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