PARTNERSHIPS.

This paper presents an update on partnerships in the information services field as of February 2005. Swets Information Services has partnered with INIST, the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of CNRS, the French integrated scientific documentation center. The document delivery services of INIST will be integrated into SwetsWide, the Swets online service for the procurement, access and management of subscriptions and online information. The Special Libraries Association (SLA) and Elsevier has partnered to develop the SLA Online University professional development platform. Elsevier contributed a one-time gift of $60,000 to start up the effort; the gift was matched by SLA funding. SLA Online University is scheduled to appear on the web in late May 2005. It is expected to include more than 200 courses, as well as additional professional development resources. EOS International and WebFeat announced a partnership to supply EOS clients with simplified, simultaneous access to multiple database resources. The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) announced that Blackwell Publishing will handle the production, technical editing and publishing of the association's journals, Ground Water and Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation. NGWA will retain control of the publications.