ACRL seeks new presenters for ‘Standards for Libraries in Higher Education’ workshop - November 28, 2012
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is accepting applications from prospective new presenters for the workshop 'Planning, Assessing, and Communicating Library Impact: Putting the Standards for Libraries in Higher Education into Action.' The day-long workshop is led by one or two expert presenters at… Read More
McGraw-Hill to sell Education business to Apollo for $2.5 billion - November 27, 2012
Information services provider The McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its McGraw-Hill Education business to investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC, for a purchase price of $2.5 billion, subject to certain closing adjustments. As part of this transaction, McGraw-Hill will… Read More
Elsevier’s new OA journal to publish case reports on the behavioural aspects of seizures and epilepsy - November 27, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports, a new online-only Open Access journal devoted to the rapid publication of case reports on the behavioural aspects of seizures and epilepsy. As a sister journal to Epilepsy & Behavior, case reports… Read More
Journals JMR, MRS Communications offer new open access option for authors - November 27, 2012
The Materials Research Society (MRS) and Cambridge University Press (CUP) are jointly offering a new open access (OA) option for authors. The initiative allows authors the choice to publish in the Journal of Materials Research (JMR) and MRS Communications under a new model ensuring broad dissemination… Read More
Renew Training report examines scholarly journals’ reader behaviour - November 27, 2012
Renew Training, operated by Simon Inger and Tracy Gardner, has published the results of a study into how readers discover content in scholarly journals. The survey, supported by SAGE, is the culmination of a 6-month research project comparing the changing reader behaviour between 2005 and 2012… Read More
Mendeley Institutional Edition expands user base in Asia-Pacific region - November 27, 2012
Mendeley, a UK-based startup, has announced that Mendeley Institutional Edition powered by Swets (MIE), the web-based research analytics dashboard and social collaboration platform, has expanded its reach into the Asia–Pacific market. The platform is being rolled out at the University of Nottingham Malaysia campus. This foreign… Read More
