Macmillan Learning launches fifth annual Executive STEM Summit in partnership with Scientific American - October 30, 2017
Macmillan Learning, a premier educational solutions company, has launched their fifth annual Executive STEM Summit in partnership with Scientific American. The two-day event brought together leaders from education, business, technology, policy and research communities to debate the most critical issues facing STEM education. The robust… Read More
Annals of Laboratory Medicine partners with Editage to share video summaries for articles - October 30, 2017
Annals of Laboratory Medicine (ALM) has partnered with Editage to make Video Summaries support available to authors publishing their research articles in the journal. Through this partnership, authors can opt for professional help from Editage to get video summaries created for their research articles published in… Read More
Annual Reviews launches new digital publication – Knowable Magazine - October 30, 2017
Non-profit publisher Annual Reviews has announced the launch of a new digital publication, Knowable Magazine. The public launch coincides with the World Conference of Science Journalists (#WCSJ17), October 26–30 in San Francisco. This online-only magazine will explore the real-world significance of… Read More
W. Bertelsmann Verlag makes titles Open Access through Knowledge Unlatched - October 30, 2017
As part of the international Open Access Week W. Bertelsmann Verlag (wbv) is to make titles from its programs in social sciences, education research and social research freely available to researchers throughout the world. The academic publisher already has much experience in open access publishing: since 2012, wbv has… Read More
Pearson announces EDUCAUSE 2017 lineup - October 30, 2017
Pearson has announced its lineup for EDUCAUSE 2017, as part of its 'This is Digital Learning' theme for the conference. The theme highlights how technology is providing increased access to high-quality, affordable higher education opportunities that enhance the learning experience and prepare learners for success in… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 30, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Jo Wilkinson (Who's using open peer review?); Tony Ross-Hellauer and Benedikt Fecher (Journal flipping or a public open access infrastructure? What kind of open access future do we want?); Jocelyn Dawson and Rebecca McLeod (Guest Post - “Essential and Existential”:… Read More