Pearson acquires learning analytics and assessment startup, Learning Catalytics - April 23, 2013
Pearson, a US-based provider of educational content and services, has acquired Learning Catalytics, a cloud-based learning analytics and assessment system developed by Eric Mazur, Brian Lukoff and Gary King of Harvard University. Learning Catalytics reportedly allows faculty to obtain real-time responses to open-ended or critical… Read More
Elsevier launches Mosby’s Nursing Consult App - April 22, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of its Mosby's Nursing Consult App, now on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Mosby's Nursing Consult puts trusted clinical information into nurses' hands. Features include patient education (including Spanish when available); drug calculators; drug… Read More
Publisher associations unveil safe harbour rules for use of out-of-commerce journals - April 22, 2013
The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM), Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), and the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division (PSP) of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) have issued a joint statement setting out clear rules for the digitisation of… Read More
CHILL selects EBSCO to provide health and medical information to libraries in Greater London - April 22, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO has announced that it has been selected as dual supplier of print and electronic serials subscriptions, packages and databases for CHILL, the Consortium of Independent Health Information Libraries in London (an association of forty-three libraries in the greater London area, specialising in… Read More
SAGE to support library travel grant for ALPSP International Conference 2013 - April 22, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it will be sponsoring a librarian place again at this year's Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) International conference. The annual event is scheduled for September 11 - 13, 2013 in Birmingham, UK. SAGE has supported the ALPSP… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise - April 22, 2013
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is celebrating being awarded the UK's highest accolade for business success - the 2013 Queen's Award for Enterprise. This award recognises outstanding business achievement by UK organisations. The RSC has been honoured in the International Trade category for its sustained… Read More
