LWW launches fully interactive, mobile edition of Barash’s Clinical Anesthesia - April 23, 2013
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, launched the first fully interactive, mobile edition of Barash's Clinical Anesthesia, the authoritative text on anesthesiology. For the first time, readers can access the text plus all of the interactive multimedia content using… Read More
F1000Research drives evolution of open science publishing - April 23, 2013
F1000Research, an Open Access life-sciences journal launched in January 2013, has pioneered a uniquely fast and transparent Open Science Publishing model enabling research papers to be published within a week. After analysing its first few months, F1000Research shares that on average, articles go live within seven… Read More
BISG selects Ingram’s CoreSource platform for digital asset management - April 23, 2013
Ingram Content Group Inc., a US-based provider of physical and digital services to the book industry, has announced that the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has selected its CoreSource platform to manage digital assets and distribute e-content worldwide. BISG is a trade… Read More
BioMed Central announces winner of 7th Annual Research Awards - April 23, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced the winner of the 7th Annual Research Awards. The awards honour the very best research published in one of BioMed Central's 250 plus open access journals in 2012. The winners of the BioMed Central Research Award, supported by… Read More
SAGE’s office in Beijing now a Wholly Owned Enterprise in China - April 23, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that SAGE's office in Beijing is now a Wholly Owned Enterprise (WFOE) in China, under the name of SAGE Consulting (Beijing) Co. Ltd. SAGE first established a presence in the Asia Pacific region in 2006, opening a regional headquarters in… Read More
Pearson acquires learning analytics and assessment startup, Learning Catalytics - April 23, 2013
Pearson, a US-based provider of educational content and services, has acquired Learning Catalytics, a cloud-based learning analytics and assessment system developed by Eric Mazur, Brian Lukoff and Gary King of Harvard University. Learning Catalytics reportedly allows faculty to obtain real-time responses to open-ended or critical… Read More
