ICSTI to organise third webinar in partnership with NISO - October 3, 2016
The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) will organise its third webinar themed 'Enabling Innovations for Researcher Workflows and Scholarly Communication' in close partnership with NISO. This webinar is scheduled for October 26, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.… Read More
The BMJ launches new series to get latest trial evidence into practice - October 3, 2016
The BMJ is launching a new series called 'Rapid Recommendations' - a collaboration with an international group of researchers and doctors, working together with patients - to quickly and reliably transform research evidence into clinical practice recommendations. It is impossible for an individual doctor to… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education acquires Redbird Advanced Learning - October 3, 2016
Learning science company McGraw-Hill Education has announced the acquisition of Redbird Advanced Learning, LLC, a leading digital personalised learning company that offers courses in K-12 math, language arts and writing and virtual professional development programs for educators. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Built… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 3, 2016
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (Old Media, New Media, Data Media: Evolving Publishing Paradigms); Kent Anderson (Caught in the Middle - Can Publishers Resolve Contradictory Expectations?); Iván Farías Pelcastre and Flor González Correa (The current system of knowledge dissemination isn’t working and Sci-Hub… Read More
Taxonomy Boot Camp London scheduled for October 18-19, 2016 - September 30, 2016
The first Taxonomy Boot Camp London will be held from October 18-19, 2016, at the Olympia Conference Centre, London. It doesn't matter how many taxonomy projects you have been involved in, every organisation and every set of stakeholders come with their own challenges and opportunities. Taking… Read More
Elsevier partners with the International Society for Neurovascular Disease to develop and publish co-branded neurovascular disease book series - September 30, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has partnered with the International Society for Neurovascular Disease (ISNVD) to develop and publish an ISNVD-cobranded series of books covering various topics in neurovascular disease. The book series will focus on the latest research in diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for neurovascular disease and… Read More
