CRCnetBASE to be included in Library Journal’s Best Reference 2011 feature - May 17, 2012
CRC Press, a US-based publisher of technical and scientific works, has announced that Library Journal has selected its eBook platform, CRCnetBASE, to be included in the journal’s Best Reference 2011 feature. The annual Library Journal Best Reference list recognises the top… Read More
Wiley and Quantum Simulations partner to deliver intelligent adaptive learning and assessment solution for accounting education - May 16, 2012
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has partnered with Quantum Simulations, Inc. to offer intelligent adaptive learning and assessment software with Wiley’s print and digital accounting textbooks, starting with Introductory Accounting through Intermediate Accounting. Quantum Simulation is a developer of artificial intelligence-based education products and… Read More
Cambridge University Press responds to US ruling on GUS infringement case - May 16, 2012
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press (CUP), UK, has responded to a US judge’s long-awaited ruling in the case it brought, along with Oxford University Press and Sage Publications Inc., in 2008. The three publishers sued Georgia State University (GSU), claiming that GSU’s use of unlicensed book… Read More
NTIS launches National Technical Reports Library Version 3.0 - May 16, 2012
The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce has announced the launch of the next generation National Technical Reports Library Version 3.0, also known as NTRL V3.0. The NTRL V3.0 is now publicly available after two years of research and development.… Read More
European Latsis Prize seeks nominations for outstanding contributions to research in Mathematics - May 16, 2012
The European Science Foundation (ESF) is inviting nominations for the European Latsis Prize 2012. The Prize, of a value of 100 000 Swiss Francs (€80,000), is presented each year by the Latsis Foundation, through the ESF, to a scientist or research group in recognition of outstanding… Read More
SAGE partners with Simon Fraser University on SAGE Open - May 16, 2012
Academic and professional publisher SAGE has announced a partnership with Simon Fraser University (SFU), a leader in the open access movement and a member of COPE (Compact for Open-access Publishing Equity). The partnership is designed to encourage social science and humanities faculty and students at SFU… Read More
