McGraw-Hill Education announces participation at 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show - January 8, 2014
Digital learning company McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced its participation at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), where company executives will discuss how digital innovation continues to improve the education industry and provide an update on the state of adaptive learning technology in today's classrooms.… Read More
IOP Publishing and the American Astronomical Society launch Astronomy Image Explorer - January 8, 2014
IOP Publishing (IOP), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Physics, and the American Astronomical Society (AAS) have announced the launch of the Astronomy Image Explorer (AIE). The AIE provides researchers with quick and easy access to hundreds of thousands of images, illustrations, graphs,… Read More
ProQuest unveils free version of cloud-based document management platform, Flow - January 7, 2014
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that its collaboration and document management tool Flow™ is now accessible free for researchers - including those in institutions that don't subscribe to the service. Flow leverages a decade of experience with the RefWorks suite of… Read More
Knovel named 2014 CODiE Award finalist in two categories - January 7, 2014
Knovel, provider of a cloud-based application that integrates technical information with analytical and search tools, is a 2014 CODiE Award finalist for Best Science and Technology Information Solution and Best Service Using Aggregated Content. Finalists represent the information industry's best products, technologies, and services created by… Read More
CUL/IS announces opening of China Academic Digital Associative Library database of 1.75 million Chinese e-books to Columbia University - January 7, 2014
Columbia University Libraries/Information Services (CUL/IS) has announced the opening of the CADAL (China Academic Digital Associative Library) database of 1.75 million Chinese e-books to Columbia University. The CADAL, which originated from the China-US Million Book Digital Library Project, is one of the two major consortia… Read More
EU favours licensing over copyright reform for libraries in latest international negotiations - January 7, 2014
The 26th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) closed just before midnight on December 20, following five days of discussion of copyright protections for broadcasting, exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives, and for education. This was the first meeting… Read More
