Publishing sector has the lowest level of illegal downloads in the entertainment industry, notes UK survey - July 27, 2015
Publishing sector reportedly has the lowest level of illegal downloads in the entertainment industry, with book piracy at half the rate of copyright theft in film and music. For publishers, fresh from winning a landmark ruling forcing internet service providers to block illegal ebook download… Read More
Thieme and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons publish Neurosurgery Knowledge Update: A Comprehensive Review, an up-to-date board review guide for neurosurgeons - July 27, 2015
Medical and scientific publisher Thieme and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons recently published the Neurosurgery Knowledge Update: A Comprehensive Review, which claims to be the most up-to-date board review guide for neurosurgeons. It features actual cases, over 300 high-quality illustrations and images, clinical overviews, and… Read More
E-library project led by NGO Electronic Information for Libraries transform scholarship in Myanmar - July 27, 2015
An e-library project led by the international NGO Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) is providing instant access to resources across all disciplines for unlimited number of students to use the same book or journal at the same time. For over a year now, 166,000 students… Read More
ICIS adds CFR northeast Asia price assessment to Asian phenol price report - July 27, 2015
ICIS, an information service provider for the chemical industry, has enhanced its Asia phenol price report by adding a CFR (cost & freight) northeast (NE) Asia price assessment, to better reflect current trading patterns and give a vital benchmark for industry players operating in the region.… Read More
New global initiative to create sustainable educational ecosystem giving engineering students access to diverse, rigorous and low-cost teaching materials - July 27, 2015
ARM, a registered trademark of ARM Limited, has launched a new university alliance partnership that allows industry partners to develop high quality teaching materials based on their own technologies for engineering students around the world. The hardware and software kits will be centered around ARM teaching… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - July 27, 2015
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (Thinking about Internet Scale); Amy Freitag (Is peer-review best left to academic journals?); Kam Arkinstall (Reproducibility: what are we going to do about it?); Charlie Rapple (Start-up Generation: Characteristics and Experiences of Three Entrepreneurs); and Alistair Scott (Who’s… Read More
