Frankfurt Book Fair’s Frankfurt StoryDrive makes debut appearance in Beijing - June 1, 2012
The Frankfurt Book Fair’s all-media platform, Frankfurt StoryDrive recently made its debut appearance in Beijing. The first conference in Asia to explore new forms of collaboration and business models across media boundaries, this two-day event brought together 350 attendees to listen to and meet with games… Read More
STM welcomes PEER conference’s support for gold open access - May 30, 2012
‘Gold’ open access (OA) publication is the practical route to achieving sustainable OA, the project partners have agreed at the PEER End of Project results conference in Brussels. The Publishing and the Ecology of European Research (PEER) project, which will report to the European Commission in… Read More
Elsevier Australia launches new medical app – Clinical Herbs - May 28, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier Australia recently launched Clinical Herbs - a new medical app for local students and practitioners alike. Offering an alternative to bulky textbooks, the Clinical Herbs app delivers a comprehensive herbal database directly to the user's iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. Clinical Herbs claims… Read More
Thieme releases Thieme Bookshelf app - May 25, 2012
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has released Thieme Bookshelf, the free companion app to Thieme's English language E-Book Store (ebookstore.thieme.com). The E-Book Store allows customers to choose from among hundreds of e-books offering the latest medical content. The bookshelf enables customers to easily browse… Read More
New ALA report examines critical issues underlying equitable access to digital content - May 24, 2012
The American Library Association (ALA) has released a new report examining critical issues underlying equitable access to digital content through the nation's libraries. In the report, titled 'E-content: The Digital Dialogue,' authors explore an unprecedented and splintered landscape in which several major publishers refuse to sell… Read More
Digital media is preferred studying mode for college students, says CourseSmart survey - May 24, 2012
Digital course materials supplier CourseSmart LLC, US, has announced the results of a survey revealing college students' growing reliance on technology. The survey of more than 500 currently enrolled college students found that nearly all college students (98 percent) who own a device have used it… Read More
