Jisc Digital Festival 2014 online programme announced - March 5, 2014
Jisc has announced details of how to follow its Jisc Digital Festival 2014 online. The Jisc Digital Festival, which will be held in the ICC in Birmingham on March 11-12, 2014, will bring you its highlights, showcasing innovations in higher education (HE), further education (FE) and… Read More
Vital Source Technologies acquires CourseSmart - March 5, 2014
Vital Source Technologies, Inc., Ingram Content Group's global leader in building, enhancing and delivering e-learning content, has acquired the assets of CourseSmart, a provider of digital textbooks in the higher education market. CourseSmart's strengths in inventory, instructor sampling and analytics will be integrated with Vital… Read More
ProQuest seeks applicants for 2014 Roger K. Summit Scholarship - March 5, 2014
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, is seeking applicants for its 2014 Roger K. Summit Scholarship. Open to applicants from around the world, the US$5,000 award has been given annually for more than twenty years, supporting promising graduate students in library and information sciences. The… Read More
Research Square launches JournalGuide to help researchers find best journal for their manuscript - March 5, 2014
Research Square, a US-based for-benefit organisation which provides tools and services to hasten the pace of scientific discovery, for the global academic community, has announced that launch of JournalGuide, a free tool to help researchers publish faster by choosing the best match for their manuscript from… Read More
Julie Presas named OCLC General Counsel and VP of Legal Services - March 5, 2014
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, has announced that Julie Presas has been promoted to General Counsel and Vice President of Legal Services. She succeeds Jim Houfek, who retired effective March 1 as OCLC Vice President and General Counsel after 21 years of… Read More
Future Medicinal Chemistry publishes special issue on computational medicinal chemistry - March 5, 2014
Future Medicinal Chemistry, the international peer-reviewed monthly journal, has published a special issue dedicated to computational medicinal chemistry, featuring contributions from international academics and industry-based researchers. The issue, guest edited by leading expert, Prof Gisbert Schneider (ETH Zurich, Switzerland), includes perspectives on emerging technological developments, and… Read More
