New IEEE 802.19 study group focuses on automotive environment and use cases for wireless coexistence - May 25, 2016
Technical professional organisation IEEE has established IEEE 802.19™ Wireless Coexistence Working Group, a study group on 'Wireless Automotive Coexistence.' To address the changes in the automotive industry, this study group will concentrate on automotive environment and use cases, considering 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency bands; interference… Read More
Cengage Learning and Microsoft announce integration of Microsoft Office into MindTap - May 25, 2016
Cengage Learning and Microsoft have announced the integration of Microsoft Office into Cengage Learning's flagship MindTap platform. Beginning with business statistics and computing—courses that prepare students for jobs that rely heavily on the use of business software—this relationship is the first-of-its-kind to provide students with live… Read More
ORCID identifiers now live in Research Councils’ grants system (Je-S) - May 24, 2016
Researchers can now create or connect their ORCID identifier (ORCID iD) in the Research Councils' grants system (Je-S) by logging in to their personal information page. This is seen to be an important first step towards improving the flow of research information across the higher education… Read More
Elsevier announces seven new plastics and polymers books at SPE ANTEC 2016 - May 23, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of new, fully updated editions of Fatigue and Tribological Properties of Plastics and Elastomers and Multilayer Flexible Packaging. Reflecting the rapid advances made in the field, these two highly anticipated books, along with five additional new plastics and polymers… Read More
Institutional budgets will increase by 1.4% in 2016, says PCG Library Budget Survey - May 23, 2016
Results of the 2016 Library Budget Predictions survey, research carried out annually by Ingenta's publishing consultancy arm, Publishers Communication Group (PCG), have been released, stating that institutional library budgets across the globe will increase by 1.4 percent overall this year. Despite… Read More
OASPA webinar panelists discuss attribution - May 23, 2016
Cameron Neylon from Curtin University, Michael Carroll from American University, and Ernesto Priego from the City University London recently joined OASPA for a webinar to discuss attribution in open access publishing - an important, timely issue for publishers that goes hand-in-hand with licensing. Catriona MacCallum (PLOS)… Read More
