Student use of alternative and illicit course materials on the rise, says new BISG survey - July 17, 2013
Student use of alternative and illicit course materials is on the rise, according to new research from the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)'s ongoing survey of Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education. The second instalment in Volume Three of the study, powered by Bowker Market… Read More
The Dutch Publishers Association creates e-textbook offering with VitalSource Bookshelf platform - July 17, 2013
Vital Source Technologies, Inc., an Ingram Content Group company, and CB, a Netherlands-based educational content provider, have announced an agreement with the Dutch Publishers Association to develop a comprehensive e-textbook fulfillment platform for the higher education system throughout the region. Publishers that are members of… Read More
Elsevier to provide 25 ROSATOM affiliated research institutes with access to ScienceDirect and Scopus - July 16, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has extended its collaboration with Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM) by providing 25 research institutes with access to ScienceDirect and Scopus as part of its Knowledge Management Program. Launched in 2011, ROSATOM's Knowledge Management Program offers its researchers an infrastructure to… Read More
Springer and Bookshare in deal to make content available globally to people with print disabilities - July 16, 2013
STM publisher Springer has signed an agreement to provide Bookshare with world rights to its titles. Bookshare provides people with visual impairments, physical disabilities and/or learning disabilities access to copyrighted digital accessible books. Springer published more than 7,500 book titles in 2012, and it is home… Read More
EBSCO augments multilingual search functionality, enhances Arabic content search - July 16, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that it has improved upon its already superior platforms for Middle Eastern Studies. By enhancing multilingual content search technology, EBSCO will make the Arabic-language content in EBSCOhost databases and EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) more discoverable. EBSCO… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health announces Impact Factor gains across its LWW journal portfolio and Medknow OA titles - July 16, 2013
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced impact factor gains across its Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) journal portfolio and Medknow open access titles with the release of the latest Impact Factor (IF) scores and specialty rankings, based on the 2012 Journal Citation Reports®… Read More
