IDPF calls for participation in EDUPUB Workshop - July 31, 2013
The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) has announced EDUPUB, an IDPF workshop on digital publishing for education. The workshop will take place October 29-30, 2013 in Boston (USA). EDUPUB is hosted by Pearson Education and organisationally co-sponsored by W3C and IMS Global Learning, with corporate… Read More
Howard Ratner joins CHORUS to guide start-up phase - July 31, 2013
The Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States (CHORUS) has announced that Howard Ratner has joined CHORUS as Director of Development in its start-up phase to lead the proof of concept - a conceptual design framework - and pilot stages for all stakeholders. … Read More
SpringerPlus journal passes 1,000 article submissions mark - July 30, 2013
STM publisher Springer has announced that its SpringerPlus journal has passed an important milestone – more than 1,000 submissions by authors wishing to be published in the journal. SpringerPlus is published under the SpringerOpen brand, and is an interdisciplinary, fully open access (OA) publication. SpringerPlus was… Read More
UC Davis Library joins Google Book Digitisation project - July 30, 2013
The UC Davis Library has become the 6th UC site to participate in the Google project, joining NRLF, UCSC, UCSD, UCLA, and UCSF. In June 2013, the UC Davis Library began sending public domain (out-of- copyright) books and journals to be digitised as part of UC's… Read More
Jisc welcomes the Department for Business Innovation and Skills’ publication of the UK’s international education strategy - July 30, 2013
Jisc has welcomed the publication of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills' international education strategy outlining the UK's role in contributing to worldwide innovation within schools, colleges and universities. Jisc aims to enable people in UK higher education, further education and skills to perform… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc launches preview issue of LGBT Health journal - July 30, 2013
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers has published the preview issue of LGBT Health, a new peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting optimal healthcare for millions of sexual and gender minority persons worldwide. The journal seeks to provide a valuable forum for members of the research,… Read More
