CourseSmart announces beta launch of latest reader platform - July 22, 2011
Digital course materials supplier CourseSmart LLC, US, has announced the beta launch of its latest reader platform providing users with online, offline, anytime, anywhere access to their eTextbooks. The first in the industry to utilise HTML5 technology for eTextbooks and coupled with the latest version of… Read More
Dr. Brian Crawford elected to Board of Directors of the Association of American Publishers - July 22, 2011
Dr. Brian Crawford, President of the Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS), has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of American Publishers, the industry's leading trade association. Effective July 2011, Dr. Crawford will serve until 2015. The Board represents more… Read More
Winners of Research4life Global Case Study competition announced - July 21, 2011
The Research4Life partners have announced two winners in the 'Access to Scientific Research Literature' global case study competition on how HINARI, AGORA, and/or OARE have impacted both work and communities. Dr. Arun Neopane, a pediatrician from Nepal and Mulugeta Bayisa, a physiotherapist from Ethiopia, were chosen… Read More
Emerald reports continued growth in impact factors - July 21, 2011
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing, UK, has announced growth of impact factors across its portfolio following the recent publication of the 2010 Journal Citation Report (JCR) by Thomson Reuters. 27 titles have recorded an increase in their impact factor, which measures the average citations to… Read More
Swets to represent Independent Scholarly Publishers Group in the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent - July 21, 2011
The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group (ISPG) has announced that journal subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, will be representing its content to both the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent. Swets has been providing its customers with professional information services since it began from a single… Read More
Ex Libris Group releases version 8 of Voyager integrated library system - July 21, 2011
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced the release of version 8 of the Voyager integrated library system (ILS). Much of the new functionality in this version is the result of continued collaboration with the international Voyager community, which now consists of over… Read More
