Springer and CAPES in deal to provide over 400 institutions in Brazil with access to Springer content - July 23, 2013
STM publisher Springer and the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) in Brazil have entered into a new five-year agreement. The deal provides students, researchers and professionals at more than 400 institutions access to Springer's content. CAPES is made up of both academic… Read More
Thomson Reuters CompuMark unveils Trademark Analysis for iPad - July 23, 2013
Trademark searching and brand protection solutions provider Thomson Reuters CompuMark has announced the launch of Trademark Analysis, a software application (app) for the iPad. Trademark Analysis allows Thomson Reuters CompuMark SERION users to easily review, analyse, annotate and share Full Trademark Report search results from their… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health and Joint Commission Resources collaborate to develop eCourses for nurses - July 19, 2013
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has signed an agreement with Joint Commission Resources (JCR), official publisher and educator of The Joint Commission, to develop online professional development courses for nurses in hospitals and other health institutions. These eCourses will be included in Lippincott's Professional… Read More
OCLC Research scientists co-author second edition of Preservation Metadata report - July 18, 2013
Library information provider OCLC Research scientist Brian Lavoie and Richard Gartner from King's College London have co-authored the second edition of Preservation Metadata, which focuses on new developments in preservation metadata made possible by the emergence of PREMIS as a de facto international standard. This report… Read More
Student use of alternative and illicit course materials on the rise, says new BISG survey - July 17, 2013
Student use of alternative and illicit course materials is on the rise, according to new research from the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)'s ongoing survey of Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education. The second instalment in Volume Three of the study, powered by Bowker Market… Read More
Elsevier to provide 25 ROSATOM affiliated research institutes with access to ScienceDirect and Scopus - July 16, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has extended its collaboration with Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM) by providing 25 research institutes with access to ScienceDirect and Scopus as part of its Knowledge Management Program. Launched in 2011, ROSATOM's Knowledge Management Program offers its researchers an infrastructure to… Read More
