Cengage Learning partners with Knewton to implement adaptive learning technology - January 9, 2014
Educational content, software and services company Cengage Learning has announced a partnership with adaptive learning company, Knewton. Through this agreement, Cengage Learning will implement Knewton's application programming interface (API) into select higher education products to provide personalized learning pathways for students and predictive analytics for instructors.… Read More
Registrations for 2014 NFAIS Annual Conference now open - January 8, 2014
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), US, has announced that registrations are now being accepted for the 2014 NFAIS Annual Conference, Giving Voice to Content: Re-envisioning the Business of Information. The event is scheduled for February 23 - 25, 2014, at the Hyatt at… Read More
Elsevier unveils new generation SciVal - January 8, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of the new generation SciVal. SciVal will allow research organisations to analyze the world of research, enabling them to establish, execute and evaluate their research strategies by revealing insights based on Scopus data. Users can benchmark their research… Read More
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design selects Serials Solutions’ Summon discovery service - January 8, 2014
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (RMCAD) has selected the Summon discovery service. The Summon service's single, unified index was a key factor in the library staff's decision, allowing their wide range of electronic resources to… Read More
Jacob Klerman appointed new Editor of Evaluation Review - January 8, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the appointment of Abt Principal Associate and Senior Fellow Jacob Klerman as Editor of Evaluation Review. A SAGE journal, Evaluation Review serves as an interdisciplinary forum for researchers, planners, and policymakers who develop, implement, and utilize studies designed to improve the… Read More
ARL and Ithaka S+R’s free web seminar to bring together leaders of seven of the eight cases profiled in the Searching for Sustainability report - January 8, 2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Ithaka S+R are offering a free web seminar that will bring together leaders of seven of the eight cases profiled in the recently published study funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Searching for Sustainability: Strategies… Read More
