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
EBSCO Publishing and Apabi partner to add Simplified Chinese e-books to EBSCO Discovery Service - August 1, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and Apabi have come to an agreement allowing metadata from Apabi’s e-book collection to be added to the Base Index of EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The e-books from Apabi are designed to offer a vast collection in a… 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
IEEE standards to improve audio/video streaming and wireless network performance - August 1, 2012
Professional association IEEE, US, has announced the publication of two IEEE 802.11 amendment standards. IEEE 802.11aa-20121 supports more robust audio and video streaming for IEEE 802.11 applications. IEEE 802.11ae-20122 improves network performance by prioritising management frames sent on an IEEE 802.11 wireless link. IEEE 802.11aa… Read More
Knovel announces sales channel partnership with SAI Global in Australia - July 31, 2012
Knovel, provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced a sales channel partnership with SAI Global in Australia. SAI Global provides organisations with information services and solutions for managing risk, achieving compliance and driving business improvement and has an… Read More
ebrary expands e-book collections for community and career colleges - July 31, 2012
ebrary, a ProQuest business, has announced that it has added thousands of e-books across acquisition models, which are seen to provide libraries with the highest return on investment when combined. The aim is to help community and career colleges acquire e-books more strategically. According to ebrary,… Read More
