Simba launches new quarterly report series on growing Ed Tech Startup industry - April 20, 2015
Demand for technology-based educational resources aimed at improving student achievement at all grade levels is spurring unprecedented activity in the development of new products. The result has been the creation of a lively startup industry that is changing the overall educational publishing industry and challenging traditional ways of providing education… Read More
AMA announces new chairs to direct work on medical coding and resource analysis - April 20, 2015
The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced the appointments of new chairs to lead two AMA-convened committees charged with ensuring direct physician input into critical efforts that serve in many ways to advance science, improve health, and strengthen the patient-physician relationship. Dr. Kenneth P. Brin,… Read More
ARL sponsors free workshop, ‘Libraries that Learn Exchange of Experience: Using LibQUAL+ and Other Data’ - April 20, 2015
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is sponsoring a free workshop, 'Libraries that Learn Exchange of Experience: Using LibQUAL+ and Other Data,' on July 20, 2015, in conjunction with the 11th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services, to be held in… Read More
Sheffield Hallam University in the UK becomes latest academic library to adopt Ex Libris Alma and Primo - April 20, 2015
Library automation services Ex Libris Group has announced that Sheffield Hallam University, one of the largest teaching universities in the UK, has chosen the Alma next-generation unified resource management solution and the Primo discovery and delivery solution. Providing a fully integrated cloud-based platform, Alma and Primo… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 20, 2015
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (The Enduring Mystery of the Academic Book Market); Bryony Graham (Why leaving academia isn't turning to the dark side); Jon Udell (When Open Access is the norm, how do scientists work together online?); Joe Wikert (Why Oyster now… Read More
Elsevier announces publication of six new books focused on the applications of advanced materials - April 17, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of six new books focused on the applications of advanced materials. The introduction of these books coincides with the Society for Biomaterials 2015 Annual Meeting and Exposition, held April 15-18 in Charlotte, NC. Also at the Society for Biomaterials… Read More
