Vital Source Technologies and B.i. Publications form joint venture to launch VitalSource Bookshelf e-textbook platform in India - April 16, 2013
Vital Source Technologies, Inc., the e-textbook arm of Ingram Content Group company, and B.i. Publications Pvt. Ltd. have agreed to form a joint venture, Ingram-B.i. Pvt. Ltd., to launch Ingram's comprehensive VitalSource Bookshelf e-textbook platform to institutions in India. B.i. Publications is an India-based distributor of… Read More
Impelsys and DataLore Inc. partner to offer branded eBookstores to schools and colleges in the Caribbean - April 16, 2013
Electronic content delivery solutions provider Impelsys, US, has entered into a partnership with DataLore Inc. in which the two companies will work together to offer branded eBookstores to schools and colleges located throughout the Caribbean region. The partners are currently developing a new eBook platform… Read More
De Gruyter presents new OA model for e-dition titles - April 16, 2013
Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, has announced that with its new Open Access model, some 45,000 e-dition titles from the publishing house's backlist can be made freely accessible. Customers can purchase an e-book in the same standard as a work produced normally through De Gruyter's e-dition… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education launches SCOREboard Adaptive Learning Program to help students prepare for AP Exams - April 15, 2013
McGraw-Hill Education, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has announced the launch of McGraw-Hill SCOREboard, the first AP exam preparation tool built on adaptive technology to help students build the skills and background knowledge they need to succeed on their AP exams. The initiative… Read More
ProQuest offers archival copies to institutions for digitisation projects - April 15, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that it is offering archival copies to institutions from their digitisation projects. The aim is to help universities to build robust institutional repositories (IRs) by sharing digital copies of their graduate works which have been converted from… Read More
SciELO preserves with the CLOCKSS Archive - April 15, 2013
The CLOCKSS Archive has partnered with SciELO to preserve their ejournals and ebooks in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. This action provides for content to be freely available to everyone after a… Read More
