Sheridan expands print management system to accommodate self-service Pod orders - September 29, 2015
Sheridan, a provider of print, publishing services and technology solutions to publishers, associations, university presses, and cataloguers, has expanded its automated print management system, Sheridan Select, to include a self-service component granting publishers the ability to upload a book or journal title and place a print-on-demand… Read More
Elsevier and NADONA/LTC announce collaboration on eLearning product - September 29, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced a collaboration in the development of Mosby's Care Assistant Curriculum with the National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care (NADONA/LTC), the largest organisation dedicated exclusively to providing education, communication, and services to nurse leaders and nurse executives… Read More
North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Centre to add 19 million records to WorldCat - September 29, 2015
The North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Centre (hbz), a library consortium in Germany's most populous state, has signed an agreement with OCLC to add 19 million bibliographic records from the consortium to WorldCat, making these valuable collections more visible and accessible to scholars around the world. … Read More
Nominations sought for ALCTS 2016 HARRASSOWITZ Award for Leadership in Library Acquisitions - September 28, 2015
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2016 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) awards for professional achievement, including the HARRASSOWITZ Award for Leadership in Library Acquisitions. The deadline for nominations and supporting materials is December 1, 2015. Presented… Read More
Adaptive learning solutions have great potential but face barriers to adoption in the slow-moving world of education, notes Outsell report - September 25, 2015
Outsell, Inc., a research and advisory firm focused on media, information, and technology, has announced publication of a new report, Adaptive Learning: Best Practice Review and Future Outlook. The report shows that adaptive learning is rapidly becoming a central pillar of digital educational publishing, but that… Read More
Thomson Reuters predicts Nobel Laureates for 2015 - September 25, 2015
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced its 2015 Citation Laureates. Having accurately forecast 37 Nobel Prize winners since 2002, the annual study mines scientific research citations within the Web of Science —the premier global search and discovery platform for the sciences,… Read More
