DirectCourse collaborates with the Association of People Supporting Employment First to provide curricula for new and experienced employment professionals - December 22, 2016
DirectCourse, a collaboration between Elsevier and the University of Minnesota's Research and Training Center on Community Living, is working with the Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE) to offer the DirectCourse College of Employment Services (CES) curricula to APSE members. CES helps launch new… Read More
Penn State University Press celebrating 60 years with new direction, branding - December 22, 2016
The Penn State University Press is celebrating its 60th anniversary. In embracing this new era while maintaining its core focus on foundational, peer-reviewed scholarship, Penn State Press has made a variety of changes to its publishing program. These include publishing a larger number of titles of… Read More
Three UK universities select SirsiDynix solution for unique collaboration - December 22, 2016
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix has announced the selection of the BLUEcloud Campus Library Services Platform by three UK universities in partnership. Canterbury Christ Church University, the University of Greenwich and the University of Kent will share a Unified Library Management System (ULMS) that will improve… Read More
Dear Subscribers - December 22, 2016
This is to inform you that the number of articles carried in the newsletter will be fewer than usual, as business activity during this period (Dec 23 - 31, 2016) is relatively low. Also, please note that there will be no newsletter dispatch on December 23, 2016 and December 26,… Read More
Thieme to acquire Schattauer - December 21, 2016
International medical and science publisher Thieme will acquire Stuttgart-based publishing house Schattauer Verlag, effective on January 1, 2017. Schattauer's owner and CEO Dieter Bergemann will retire from the business at age 79. Established in 1949 by Friedrich Karl Schattauer as an academic publisher for medicine and… Read More
EBSCO Health appoints Dr. Scott Barron as Editor of Pediatrics for DynaMed Plus - December 21, 2016
Pediatric content in the evidence-based clinical reference tool DynaMed Plus® from EBSCO Health will benefit from the appointment of Dr. Scott Barron as the Deputy Editor of Pediatrics. Dr. Barron brings with him over 20 years of experience in General and Emergency Pediatric Medicine to this… Read More