PEER Consortium to hold conference on effects of manuscript depositing by authors - February 29, 2012
The PEER Consortium Partners have announced the PEER End of Project Conference, scheduled for May 29, 2012, at Federation of Enterprises in Belgium Rue Ravenstein 3, B -1000 Brussels. Registration is free and is now open at: http://www.peerproject.eu/peer-end-of-project-conference-29th-may-2012. Publishing and the… Read More
BISG survey examines college student perceptions on educational content - February 23, 2012
The first instalment in Volume Two of the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)'s ongoing Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education survey shows that students are rebelling against the rising costs of textbooks in a variety of ways. Some students are settling for older editions of… Read More
Cengage Learning and California State University sign agreement to provide discounted eTextbooks - February 23, 2012
Teaching, learning and research solutions provider Cengage Learning, US, has announced an agreement with California State University (CSU) to provide discounted eTextbooks to students as part of the Affordable Learning Solutions campaign. One of the largest digital resources contracts signed by a university system, this three-year… Read More
JISC survey studies progress of electronic doctoral theses - February 21, 2012
Doctoral theses can attract significant attention when made openly accessible in electronic form, according to the respondents of a sector-wide survey of information professionals. The JISC-funded survey seeks to give a clearer picture of progress toward electronic thesis deposit in the UK, and how universities are… Read More
ebrary’s 2011 Global Student E-book Survey publicly available online - February 21, 2012
E-books and research technology provider ebrary, US, a ProQuest business, has announced that the social media data of its 2011 Global Student E-book Survey is now publicly available at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/surveys along with the full report. According to the report while 41… Read More
Elsevier to unveil beta version of ClinicalKey at HIMSS event - February 21, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, will unveil the beta version of the newest member of its multidisciplinary solution suite, ClinicalKey, at HIMSS12, the annual conference and exhibition of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. The event is scheduled for Feb. 20-24, 2012, in Las Vegas. ClinicalKey,… Read More
