Jisc announces programme and headline speakers for Digital Festival - February 10, 2014
Jisc has announced the programme, including four headline speakers, for its upcoming Digital Festival on March 11 – 12, 2014. Keynote speakers for the 2014 Digital Festival include Sugata Mitra, TED winner and pioneer behind the Hole in the Wall project; Diana Oblinger, the CEO… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 10, 2014
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Judy Luther (Altmetrics Boosted by EBSCO’s Acquisition of Plum Analytics); Patrick Dunleavy (Why do academics choose useless titles for articles and chapters? Four steps to getting a better title); David Crotty (The UK Government Looks to Double Dip to Pay… Read More
American Geophysical Union and Wiley launch new OA journal – Earth and Space Science - February 7, 2014
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) have announced the creation of a new all open access peer-reviewed journal, Earth and Space Science. Marking AGU's second new open access journal in the last 12 months, Earth… Read More
Genesis Medical Center selects Wolters Kluwer Health’s software for documentation and coding - February 7, 2014
Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, has announced that Genesis Medical Center has selected ProVation Medical software for cardiology procedure documentation and coding in its cardiac catheterization lab. ProVation MD Cardiology claims to be the only dedicated procedure… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education acquires Area9 - February 7, 2014
Digital learning company McGraw-Hill Education, US, has acquired Area9 Aps, an adaptive learning company, which the company has partnered with to deliver personalised learning experiences through technology since 2007. In January 2013, McGraw-Hill Education purchased a 20 percent equity stake in Area9. The latest agreement covers… Read More
ProQuest Statistical Abstract named SIIA Content CODiE award winner for Best General Reference Service - February 7, 2014
ProQuest® Statistical Abstract of the United States is the winner of the 2014 SIIA CODiE Content Award for Best General Reference Service. Representing the information industry's best products and technologies, this solution is a comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organisation of… Read More
