McGraw-Hill Education in deal with Vibal Publishing to expand reach into international markets - October 4, 2012
McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has announced a new agreement with Vibal Publishing, a Philippines-based provider of educational tools and resources for education, to adapt the company's McGraw-Hill My Math and Glencoe Math programs for use in the country's private schools.… Read More
Sheridan upgrades The Endocrine Society’s Endo Pubs app to include full-text - October 4, 2012
Journal production services provider Dartmouth Journal Services (DJS) and The Sheridan Technology Lab have upgraded the Endo Pubs app, which was originally launched as an abstracts app for The Endocrine Society's (TES) journals, to a full-text plus annual meeting abstracts version. TES titles include JCEM: The… Read More
3M Cloud Library App now available via Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Apps storefront - October 4, 2012
Library solutions provider 3M Library Systems has announced that the 3M Cloud Library App is now available in Barnes & Noble's NOOK Apps store, making it easier for owners of NOOK tablets to borrow eBooks from local libraries. Anyone with a NOOK HD, NOOK HD+, NOOK… Read More
Elsevier expands DirectCourse’s web-based learning Curricula - October 4, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Elsevier's DirectCourse has expanded, adding a new curriculum, College of Personal Assistance and Caregiving (CPAC). This interactive, web-based curriculum is designed to train and educate personal care assistants, home care providers and family caregivers caring for people with physical… Read More
Five more publishers endorse KBART Working Group recommendations - October 4, 2012
The US' National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the UKSG have announced that BioOne, JSTOR, LOCKSS, the Royal Society of Chemistry and SpringerLink are the most recent organisations to publicly endorse the Phase I recommendations of the KBART (Knowledge Bases And Related Tools) Working Group. The… Read More
EBSCO Publishing releases new resource dedicated to the study of education - October 3, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has released a new resource dedicated to the study of education. Education Source is a bibliographic and full text database developed from a merger of high-quality databases from EBSCO Publishing and H.W. Wilson, and includes many unique sources… Read More
