JISC, Wellcome Trust initiative to help universities with new OA publishing system - July 25, 2012
New work funded by the UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Wellcome Trust, on behalf of the Open Access Implementation Group (OAIG), will look at how they can help universities to manage the charges efficiently for open access (OA) publishing. It will also examine… Read More
ARM TechCon event to examine latest technologies for design engineers - July 25, 2012
UBM Electronics, a US-based provider of media and marketing solutions for the design engineering and the electronics industry, and ARM, a supplier of semiconductor IP, have announced the details of ARM TechCon 2012. The event, scheduled for October 30, 2012 at the Santa Clara Convention Center,… Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins releases first e-book titles in Washington Manual Subspecialty Consult Series - July 24, 2012
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced the release of the first e-book editions in The Washington Manual Subspecialty Consult Series. Written by residents/fellows and reviewed by faculty at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis,… Read More
IEEE forms study group to explore next-generation IEEE 802.3 BASE-T - July 24, 2012
Professional association IEEE, US, has announced the formation of the IEEE 802.3 Next-Generation BASE-T Study Group. The new group is designed to measure industry interest and needs in the next generation of the IEEE 802.3 BASE-T family of technologies for Ethernet transmission over twisted-pair cabling. … Read More
Knovel adds Yaws’ Critical Property Data for Chemical Engineers and Chemists to its Critical Content line - July 24, 2012
Knovel, provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced the addition of Yaws' Critical Property Data for Chemical Engineers and Chemists to its growing Critical Content line. This new interactive database is exclusively available to Knovel customers. Knovel… Read More
McGraw-Hill Higher Education’s LearnSmart named among the best products and services in education technology - July 24, 2012
McGraw-Hill Higher Education, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced that its industry-leading adaptive learning solution, McGraw-Hill LearnSmart, has been selected as a winner of eSchool Media's 2012-2013 Readers' Choice Awards in the category of Higher Education. The recipients of the Readers' Choice Awards,… Read More
