Wiley hosts global Psychology Roundtable in South Africa - August 1, 2012
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is bringing global leaders in psychology together through the Wiley Psychology Roundtable series to address the international challenges facing the discipline. The latest exclusive event, entitled Global Voices in Psychology, took place at the 2012 International Congress of Psychology in… 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
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
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
RSuite User Conference to examine importance of metadata in content management - July 31, 2012
RSI Content Solutions, a US-based provider of content management services, has announced that its Chief Technology Officer, Lisa Bos, will make a presentation titled 'How Metadata Management is the Key Component of Findability' at the 2012 RSuite User Conference. The event is scheduled for September 20,… 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
