European consortium develops new approaches for dealing with Big Data - August 17, 2015
The new BigStorage project, funded by the European Union, will develop new approaches to deal with Big Data concepts over the next three years, from theoretical basic research to the development of complex infrastructures and software packages. As an Innovative Training Network (ITN) of the European… Read More
Cengage Learning, McGraw-Hill and Pearson Education sue textbook reseller - August 17, 2015
Three major education publishers - Cengage Learning, McGraw-Hill and Pearson Education - this week filed a copyright and trademark infringement suit against a US-based textbook reseller for allegedly importing and selling 'pirated' foreign editions of popular textbooks. … Read More
NISO to host in-person forum on the Future of Library Resource Discovery - August 17, 2015
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) will host a two–day meeting to take place in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 5 and 6, 2015 on The Future of Library Discovery. In February 2015, NISO published a white paper commissioned from library consultant Marshall Breeding by NISO's Discovery… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - August 17, 2015
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (What They Still Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School); Joe Wikert (How content containers can dramatically affect user experience); Michelle Norell (Beyond agile – Continuous delivery is the new frontier in fast, cost effective and lower risk… Read More
Elsevier announces nine new Medicinal Chemistry Books at American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in Boston - August 14, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced nine new medicinal chemistry books, including the latest edition of The Practice of Medicinal Chemistry, considered 'The Bible' by many medicinal chemists for nearly twenty years, which will be available in September. This highly respected resource for professors, students and researchers,… Read More
Results of Publishers Licensing Society survey of text and data mining activity announced - August 14, 2015
The Publishers Licensing Society recently conducted a survey of text and data mining activity to which ALPSP Members were invited to respond. A total of 111 unique responses were received and the results will be unlikely to surprise many of those involved… Read More
