EBSCO awards five scholarships for librarians to attend 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting - January 9, 2014
In co-sponsorship with American Library Association (ALA), EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has awarded five librarians a $1,500 scholarship to attend the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting, January 24-28 in Philadelphia. As part of the application process, librarians were asked to write an essay… Read More
Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki is now open for submissions - January 9, 2014
Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki has transferred to publishing with BioMed Central after being self published since 2004, and is now accepting submissions via the new website. All back content can be found in the archive. Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki is a peer-reviewed, open access, international… Read More
Stratecon Inc. launches Journal of Water - January 9, 2014
Stratecon Inc. has announced the launch of the Journal of Water (JOW) that provides analysis, research, commentary and news critical for managing water resources. JOW is an expert-driven information service devoted to water markets and policy in California, the Colorado River Basin and elsewhere in the… Read More
Cengage Learning partners with Knewton to implement adaptive learning technology - January 9, 2014
Educational content, software and services company Cengage Learning has announced a partnership with adaptive learning company, Knewton. Through this agreement, Cengage Learning will implement Knewton's application programming interface (API) into select higher education products to provide personalized learning pathways for students and predictive analytics for instructors.… Read More
Registrations for 2014 NFAIS Annual Conference now open - January 8, 2014
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), US, has announced that registrations are now being accepted for the 2014 NFAIS Annual Conference, Giving Voice to Content: Re-envisioning the Business of Information. The event is scheduled for February 23 - 25, 2014, at the Hyatt at… Read More
Elsevier unveils new generation SciVal - January 8, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of the new generation SciVal. SciVal will allow research organisations to analyze the world of research, enabling them to establish, execute and evaluate their research strategies by revealing insights based on Scopus data. Users can benchmark their research… Read More