National consortium for ORCID set to improve UK research visibility and collaboration - June 24, 2015
ORCID, a researcher identifier solution which enables a wide range of improvements to the scholarly communications ecosystem, will now be offered to UK higher education institutions through a national consortium arrangement operated by Jisc. The agreement, negotiated by Jisc Collections, will enable universities to benefit… Read More
DynaMed Plus now features Micromedex Medication Management and Lab Recommendation resources from Truven Health Analytics - June 24, 2015
Clinical decision support solutions provider EBSCO Health and Truven Health Analytics have announced that Micromedex Medication Management and Lab Recommendation resources are now featured in DynaMed Plus, a cross-platform evidence-based clinical decision support tool for physicians and other medical professionals introduced earlier… Read More
50,000 researchers sign up to use Kudos - June 24, 2015
Kudos, which helps maximize the reach and impact of research publications, has announced that 50,000 researchers have now signed up to use its service. They represent a broad range of subject areas; an early bias towards STEM subjects (reflecting the strengths of Kudos' original publisher partners)… Read More
Primo Central Index to cover Wanfang Data Content in Chinese - June 24, 2015
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris® Group has announced that the metadata of e-journals, dissertations, conference papers, and gazetteers hosted by Wanfang Data will be indexed in the Ex Libris Primo Central Index of scholarly electronic resources. As a result, this extensive content from Wanfang Data… Read More
Digital instructional materials gaining ground in Science/STEM Education, says new EMR/Simba Information study - June 23, 2015
The national trend of shifting to the use of digital instructional materials in the classroom is affecting science/STEM education, according to findings in Science/STEM Market 2015, a new study from Education Market Research (EMR)/Simba Information. EMR's survey data indicates that the market share owned by… Read More
International Association for Continuing Education and Training awards accreditation status to Elsevier’s DirectCourse - June 23, 2015
The International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) has awarded accreditation status to Elsevier's DirectCourse, which provides online learning designed to train the direct service workforce that supports persons with disabilities by helping them remain in home and community settings and… Read More
