Digital content, eBooks continue to be ‘hot topics’ on day two at Frankfurt Book Fair - October 11, 2012
Digital content, eBooks and related topics continued to be 'hot topics' at the ongoing Frankfurt Book Fair on day two. Some of the discussions focused on the education market. Expresso Education's presentation 'Feeding the digital appetite of today's learners' offered insights about how topical, real-world… Read More
The London Book Fair and International Publishers Association announce education conference - October 11, 2012
The London Book Fair (LBF) has announced a partnership with the International Publishers Association (IPA), which will see a one day education conference run alongside the Fair in 2013. The conference is scheduled for April 17, 2013 in the Earls Court Conference… Read More
Frankfurt Book Fair 2012 begins, digital forms of books take centre stage on opening day - October 10, 2012
The annual Frankfurt Book Fair kicked off October 10, 2012. More than 7,000 exhibitors from 100 countries are attending the Frankfurt Book Fair this year. Digital forms of books is the central theme of conversations at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair. A number of sessions on… Read More
JISC Collections’ new funded shared service to help universities manage their e-resources - October 9, 2012
JISC Collections has announced a new shared service that aims to help UK libraries manage their e-resources more efficiently. Called Knowledge Base+, the service is being established to start addressing the challenges facing libraries due to the inadequate data and metadata about publications, packages, subscriptions, entitlements… Read More
RSC welcomes additional funding for research, but calls for long-term investment - October 9, 2012
Prof. Lesley Yellowlees, the President of the UK's Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has welcomed the government's announcement of a £200 million extra investment for the Research Partnership Investment Fund. However, RSC has called for the ruling Conservative party to commit to long-term investment in science… Read More
Center for the History of Medicine and MPublishing collaborate to launch digital influenza archives - October 8, 2012
The University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine, in partnership with the U-M Library's MPublishing division, has announced the release of The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919: A Digital Encyclopedia, an original, open access digital collection of archival, primary, and interpretive materials related to… Read More
