Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 2, 2015
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (When Is a Feature a Product, and a Product a Business?); Kevin Anselmo (With academia moving in a digital direction, sustained investment in media training would benefit all); Bryony Graham (Science communication: why PR is not a dirty… Read More
ProQuest’s new integrated ebook platform to be called ProQuest Ebook Central - February 2, 2015
ProQuest unveiled the name of its eagerly anticipated new ebook platform - ProQuest Ebook Central™. Launching in mid-2015, ProQuest Ebook Central will integrate key elements from both ebrary and EBL - Ebook Library, along with all-new functionality, delivering a next-generation experience for researchers and librarians around… Read More
EBSCO unveils Explora, a new EBSCOhost interface for schools and public libraries - February 2, 2015
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is introducing Explora™, an appealing new EBSCOhost® interface for K12 schools and public libraries. EBSCO designed Explora following a series of user research studies with the goal of better assisting students in completing research and classroom assignments and providing a more intuitive… Read More
IOP Publishing celebrates International Year of Light 2015 - February 2, 2015
This year many scientific societies, educational institutions and other organisations are coming together to celebrate the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies 2015 (IYL 2015). This global initiative, which emerged from the international physics community and was formally approved by the United Nations in December 2013, is designed… Read More
Memorial University of Newfoundland opts for Ex Libris Solutions - February 2, 2015
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada has adopted a suite of Ex Libris solutions comprising Alma® library management solution, the Primo® discovery and delivery solution, and the Rosetta digital asset management and preservation system. These… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and The University of Queensland launch new OA journal – npj Science of Learning - January 30, 2015
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group has partnered with The University of Queensland (UQ) to publish npj Science of Learning, a new open access research journal that will explore the neurobiology of learning in experimental and educational environments. UQ researcher Professor Pankaj Sah of the Queensland Brain… Read More
