Anthony Horowitz to deliver Author Keynote at the Publishing for Digital Minds Conference - February 20, 2014
The London Book Fair has announced that Anthony Horowitz, one of the most prolific and accomplished multi-disciplinary writers working today, will deliver the Author Keynote at the Publishing for Digital Minds Conference, in association with The Publishers Association and sponsored by Copyright Clearance Center, on April… Read More
Knovel survey results indicate engineers struggle to find equations that fit a specific situation - February 12, 2014
Engineers conduct more searches for equations online, but they are dissatisfied with the results. This is according to a 2013 survey conducted on behalf of Knovel. A majority of engineers surveyed look for equations at least once a week, and increasingly they search via the Internet first, rather than references,… Read More
Over 600 public research and higher education institutions in France gain access to ScienceDirect Freedom Collection - February 11, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Couperin Consortium have come to a new agreement that provides researchers at over 600 public research and higher education institutions in France access to the ScienceDirect Freedom Collection content for five years. ScienceDirect is Elsevier' full-text database of more than… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education to acquire Engrade - February 4, 2014
Digital learning company McGraw-Hill Education, US, has agreed to acquire Engrade, the developer of an open digital platform for K-12 education that unifies the data, curriculum and tools that educators use every day to drive student achievement and inform district educational strategy. The move enables McGraw-Hill… Read More
California Digital Library and Elsevier renew contract for next 5 years - February 3, 2014
The California Digital Library (CDL) has announced that it has completed a favourable negotiation with STM publisher Elsevier to renew the ScienceDirect journals for 2014-2018. ScienceDirect is the largest journals package for co-investment by the UC libraries with over 1200 titles.… Read More
Latest version of Thomson Reuters ProView professional eReader platform launched - January 31, 2014
Thomson Reuters has announced the latest version of Thomson Reuters ProView, professional eReader platform. The new version of ProView provides annotation management, PDF creation and sharing, and library sorting features, helping users to get the most out of their ProView eBook titles. Thomson Reuters ProView is… Read More
