Carnegie Learning leads National Math Transition to Common Core State Standards - August 2, 2012
Carnegie Learning, a publisher of innovative, research-based mathematics software and textbooks, is leading the K-12 mathematics transition to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The company unveiled a transition plan featuring new core and intervention curricula written and created specifically for alignment to the more rigorous… Read More
EBSCO Publishing and Apabi partner to add Simplified Chinese e-books to EBSCO Discovery Service - August 1, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and Apabi have come to an agreement allowing metadata from Apabi’s e-book collection to be added to the Base Index of EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The e-books from Apabi are designed to offer a vast collection in a… Read More
LWW launches educational electronic health record programme, Lippincott’s DocuCare EHR - August 1, 2012
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has launched Lippincott's DocuCare EHR, an educational electronic health record (EHR) programme. The tool helps nursing students learn how to electronically chart patient care, and prepares future nurses to meet expanding industry requirements… Read More
E-book consumers are becoming more diverse in their format preferences, says BISG Study - August 1, 2012
E-book consumers are becoming more diverse in their format preferences, says the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)'s closely-watched Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading report. The third installment in Volume Three of this Bowker-powered study shows that the percentage of e-book consumers who exclusively or mostly purchase… Read More
Wiley hosts global Psychology Roundtable in South Africa - August 1, 2012
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is bringing global leaders in psychology together through the Wiley Psychology Roundtable series to address the international challenges facing the discipline. The latest exclusive event, entitled Global Voices in Psychology, took place at the 2012 International Congress of Psychology in… Read More
IEEE standards to improve audio/video streaming and wireless network performance - August 1, 2012
Professional association IEEE, US, has announced the publication of two IEEE 802.11 amendment standards. IEEE 802.11aa-20121 supports more robust audio and video streaming for IEEE 802.11 applications. IEEE 802.11ae-20122 improves network performance by prioritising management frames sent on an IEEE 802.11 wireless link. IEEE 802.11aa… Read More
