American Library Association releases ‘Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries’ report - August 9, 2012
The American Library Association (ALA) has released 'Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries (PDF),' a report that describes general features and attributes of the current e-book environment and outlines constraints and restrictions of current business models. The report, which was created by the ALA Digital Content… Read More
CERN to display Large Hadron Collider, Divine Particle at Frankfurt Book Fair - August 9, 2012
Book and media fair Frankfurt Book Fair has announced that researchers from European atomic research organisation CERN will participate in this year's event from October 10-14. The researchers, using the largest particle accelerator in the world, the LHC - Large Hadron Collider, are seeking to go… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education acquires math teaching tech provider Key Curriculum - August 3, 2012
McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has announced the acquisition of Key Curriculum, a privately held developer of mathematics learning technology in the K-12 and higher education markets. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition of Key Curriculum… Read More
E-book consumers are becoming more diverse in their format preferences, says BISG Study - August 1, 2012
E-book consumers are becoming more diverse in their format preferences, says the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)'s closely-watched Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading report. The third installment in Volume Three of this Bowker-powered study shows that the percentage of e-book consumers who exclusively or mostly purchase… Read More
LWW launches educational electronic health record programme, Lippincott’s DocuCare EHR - August 1, 2012
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has launched Lippincott's DocuCare EHR, an educational electronic health record (EHR) programme. The tool helps nursing students learn how to electronically chart patient care, and prepares future nurses to meet expanding industry requirements… Read More
Communications of the ACM now accessible as mobile application for iPhones, iPads, and Android devices - July 31, 2012
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has announced that its flagship publication Communications of the ACM is now accessible as an easy-to-use mobile application for iPhones, iPads, and Android devices. Communications of the ACM (CACM) is a monthly publication that delivers leading-edge content to the worldwide… Read More
