Gates Foundation to make $20 million investments to support new learning tools - April 29, 2011
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a suite of investments, totalling more than $20 million. The investments are reportedly focused on identifying and expanding promising cutting-edge learning resources that support teachers and students and bring innovative new instructional approaches into America's classrooms. The… Read More
Wake Endoscopy Center selects WK Health’s ProVation Medical Software for procedure documentation and coding - April 29, 2011
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that the Wake Endoscopy Center LLC has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding and its ProVation EHR electronic health record and patient… Read More
E-books market presence critical for publishers’ survival, says PwC report - April 29, 2011
Advisory services group PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), UK, has released a report which cautions publishers, content owners and retailers to act quickly to secure positions in the e-book and e-reader market or risk losing out to a new industry. The PwC report, "Turning… Read More
ARL files comments with the FTC, suggests privacy oversight for Google Books - April 29, 2011
The Association for Research Libraries (ARL) has filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to suggest that it require strong protection for reader privacy in the Google Books service. As part of a wide-ranging draft consent order, the FTC plans… Read More
Accessible Archives Inc. content now available via EBSCO Discovery Service - April 29, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, recently announced an agreement with content partner, Accessible Archives, Inc. The deal will enable unique primary source content from the 18th and 19th Century to be discoverable within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Metadata from… Read More
IEEE-SA Standards Board approves revised standard for metric practice - April 29, 2011
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a technical professional association, has announced that the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Standards Board has approved a revised standard for metric practice. The IEEE-SA has also published a revised standard in artificial intelligence. … Read More
