Elsevier releases four new Medical Board Reviews Apps - November 30, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has released four new Medical Board Reviews Apps based on content from Elsevier's medical board review titles. These include: Braunwald's Heart Disease Review and Assessment, 9th Edition, by Dr. Leonard S. Lilly; Emergency Medicine Review: Preparing for the Boards, by Richard A.… Read More
Blackboard and Pearson announce content integration partnership - November 30, 2012
Enterprise technology and innovative solutions provider Blackboard Inc., US, and Pearson, a US-based provider of educational content and services, have expanded the availability of an integration for Pearson's learning solution – MyLab & Mastering – with Blackboard Learn learning management system (LMS).… Read More
Dialogue between publisher and customer required to improve retention and renewal rates, says ACCUCOMS report - November 29, 2012
ACCUCOMS, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers, has released the findings of a new report titled 'Improving Customer Retention and Renewal Rates.' According to the report, publishers need to focus on establishing a dialogue with their customers if they… Read More
Elsevier collaborates with Dutch Fulbright Center to support early career researchers in the Netherlands - November 28, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced its collaboration with the Dutch division of the Fulbright Center, a bi-national non-profit organisation focused on enhancing the collaboration between the US and the Netherlands in science. The collaboration between Elsevier and the Dutch Fulbright Center aims to provide support… Read More
Renew Training report examines scholarly journals’ reader behaviour - November 27, 2012
Renew Training, operated by Simon Inger and Tracy Gardner, has published the results of a study into how readers discover content in scholarly journals. The survey, supported by SAGE, is the culmination of a 6-month research project comparing the changing reader behaviour between 2005 and 2012… Read More
PLOS welcomes Brookings Institution report supporting passage of FRPAA - November 21, 2012
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) has appreciated the call for passage of the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) in the recently released report by the Brookings Institution. The report, "Building an Innovation-Based Economy", outlines policy recommendations for the US economy. If signed into law,… Read More
