The McGraw-Hill Companies takes additional steps to prepare for education company spin-off - May 15, 2012
Information services provider The McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has announced further steps to establish the new, independent company, McGraw-Hill Education, by the end of this year. The process of creating this new entity requires multiple changes across operating and support functions to both separate the education segment… Read More
IFLA releases downloadable version of background paper on e-lending - May 14, 2012
At a recent meeting, the governing board of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) endorsed a background paper on digital lending. The paper is now available in a downloadable version. The IFLA governing board had appointed a working group to draft the background… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education and University of Minnesota partnership creates new business model to make e-books scalable at university level - May 14, 2012
Education materials publisher McGraw-Hill Education, US, has a new partnership with the University of Minnesota Bookstores. The partnership allows the company to provide e-books to large numbers of students at reduced prices, helping to make college more affordable and improve student performance. Through this two-year… Read More
Elsevier presents clinical insight engine ClinicalKey at Health In4matic Expo - May 11, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it presented ClinicalKey, which claims to be the world’s first ‘clinical insight engine’, at the Health In4matics Expo. Powered by Smart Content, which maps the largest collection of clinical resources, covering every medical and surgical specialty, to a proprietary… Read More
Allen Press to host webinar series on Best Practices and Innovative Solutions for societies, associations and publishers - May 10, 2012
Publishing services provider Allen Press, Inc., US, will host its fourth webinar series, Best Practices and Innovative Solutions, designed for the staff of scholarly and professional societies and publishers. Six one-hour online introductory webinars will be presented monthly beginning June 13 and… Read More
Cengage Learning and Blackboard launch digital content integration solution - May 10, 2012
Cengage Learning, a US-based provider of teaching, learning and research solutions, and Blackboard Inc. have announced the availability of an integrated solution that gives instructors and students streamlined access to Cengage Learning’s rich digital learning solutions and core curriculum content directly through the Blackboard Learn learning… Read More
