PreK-12 publishing market experiencing strong growth in digital courseware while other key segments prepare for major shift - July 10, 2012
Publishing forecast firm Simba Information, US, has released a report according to which, the PreK-12 market will post a strong compound annual growth rate of 8.8 percent through 2015 for digital courseware, while textbooks prepare for a major shift. The report, Publishing for the PreK-12 Market… Read More
Proceedings of the IEEE journal launches Future Technology Predictions Competition - July 10, 2012
Proceedings of the IEEE, a highly-cited general-interest journal in electrical engineering and computer science, has called for entries for a Future Technology Predictions Competition to identify breakthrough technology ideas for the future. The initiative is in honor of the journal’s centennial celebration. Entrants have an… Read More
NIH, Lasker Foundation announce Clinical Research Scholar under new initiative - July 10, 2012
Dr. Nehal N. Mehta has been named the inaugural Lasker Clinical Research Scholar, through a joint initiative of the US’ National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. Mehta, who was an instructor of cardiovascular medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine… Read More
Nature Publishing Group wins 3-year El Naschie libel trial - July 9, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group, UK, has announced that it has won a case brought against it by theoretical physicist Mohamed El Naschie. In 2008, Nature published an article by journalist Quirin Schiermeier, questioning the lack of peer review at the journal Chaos, Solitons and Fractals,… Read More
HathiTrust, Authors Guild file motions for summary judgment in digitisation suit - July 9, 2012
The parties in the Authors Guild vs HathiTrust case have reportedly filed motions for summary judgment. While the Authors Guild asserted that it should win because the library defendants had no viable defence for their mass-digitisation programme, the HathiTrust argued that it… Read More
OCLC Research to host ‘Wikipedia and Libraries: What’s the Connection?’ webinar on July 31 - July 9, 2012
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, will host the ‘Wikipedia and Libraries: What's the Connection?’ webinar on July 31 at 11 am PT / 2 pm ET. All are welcome to attend this free webinar with OCLC Research Wikipedian in Residence Max… Read More
