Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 2, 2011
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (Reflections on Google Book Search: You Can't Put the Google Back Into the Bottle); Dave Dickson (New paper: Digital Publishing – A Brave New (Metrics-driven) World); Phil Richerme (Open Access to Scientific Knowledge); Phil Davis (The P-Word: Is… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - May 2, 2011
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available via our new beta application, SCOOPE STM Mobile. Subscribers on the move can now gain easy access to Knowledgespeak through a reader-friendly mobile phone interface. This application is uniquely available in two versions:… Read More
Gates Foundation to make $20 million investments to support new learning tools - April 29, 2011
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a suite of investments, totalling more than $20 million. The investments are reportedly focused on identifying and expanding promising cutting-edge learning resources that support teachers and students and bring innovative new instructional approaches into America's classrooms. The… Read More
Wake Endoscopy Center selects WK Health’s ProVation Medical Software for procedure documentation and coding - April 29, 2011
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that the Wake Endoscopy Center LLC has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding and its ProVation EHR electronic health record and patient… Read More
E-books market presence critical for publishers’ survival, says PwC report - April 29, 2011
Advisory services group PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), UK, has released a report which cautions publishers, content owners and retailers to act quickly to secure positions in the e-book and e-reader market or risk losing out to a new industry. The PwC report, "Turning… Read More
ARL files comments with the FTC, suggests privacy oversight for Google Books - April 29, 2011
The Association for Research Libraries (ARL) has filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to suggest that it require strong protection for reader privacy in the Google Books service. As part of a wide-ranging draft consent order, the FTC plans… Read More
