Thieme titles win BMA Medical Book Awards - September 23, 2011
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has won first prize for three titles at the 2011 British Medical Association's Medical Book Awards ceremony recently held in London. Through this competition the BMA aims to foster and reward excellence in medical publishing. First prize in the Internal… Read More
Thomson IP Management Services launches IP management consulting services - September 23, 2011
Thomson IP Management Services, part of information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that it is expanding to include intellectual property management consulting. The consulting practice is a response to growing client demand and is a natural complement to the business's core portfolio management software… Read More
University of Antwerp opts for Blackboard Learn 9.1 and mobile support to enhance teaching and learning - September 23, 2011
Enterprise technology and learning solutions provider Blackboard, Inc., US, has announced that the University of Antwerp has moved to Blackboard Learn 9.1 to significantly improve the quality of teaching and learning across its consortium of six colleges in the region and to further develop educational projects… Read More
EBSCO Publishing expands eBook Collection with the release of new subject sets - September 23, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced the release of 64 new eBook subject sets bringing the total number of subject sets to nearly 200. These additional subject sets reflect the rapid growth of EBSCO's eBook collection offered to libraries in convenient collections grouped… Read More
iPad to enjoy 73.4 percent of media tablet market, says Gartner report - September 23, 2011
Technology research firm Gartner, Inc., US, has released a special report, 'iPad and Beyond: The Future of the Tablet Market,' that provides insight into what consumers, enterprises and vendors can expect as the market continues to unfold. According to Gartner, the worldwide media tablet sales to… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell signs OA funding agreements with three European research organisations - September 23, 2011
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has signed open access funding agreements with three European research organisations - the Max Planck Society in Germany, the FWF Austrian Science Fund, and Telethon, one of the largest biomedical non-profit organisations… Read More
