Cengage Learning and Southwestern College Professional Studies partner to provide and develop online courses and curriculum - November 19, 2013
Educational content, software and services company Cengage Learning has announced a two-year partnership with Southwestern College Professional Studies in Kansas to provide Course360 general education online courses and to develop custom curriculum for new online courses. Course360 provides a flexible online course solution for Southwestern that… Read More
European Commissioners endorse STM’s text and data mining initiatives - November 18, 2013
European Commissioners have recommended the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers' (STM) TDM Roadmap as an official 'pledge' to help improve digital content licensing across Europe. At the final meeting of the Licences for Europe stakeholder dialogue, a broad spectrum of STM publishers presented… Read More
CLIR publishes Research Data Management: Principles, Practices, and Prospects - November 18, 2013
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has published Research Data Management: Principles, Practices, and Prospects. The report examines how research institutions are responding to data management requirements of the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and other federal agencies. It also considers what… Read More
Emerald provides access to key research, supports Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013 - November 18, 2013
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has announced that to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week, it is providing free online access to a collection of articles, case studies and book chapters, which have been selected to support young and aspiring entrepreneurs to 'Take a Step Forward'– the theme… Read More
Primo Central Index now features metadata from e-books and e-journals published by De Gruyter - November 18, 2013
The Primo Central Index, a discovery and delivery service offered by the library software provider Ex Libris, now features metadata from all of the e-books and e-journals published by De Gruyter as well as its imprints and publishing partners. The Primo Central… Read More
Troy Shinbrot named Editor, Physical Review Applied - November 18, 2013
The American Physical Society (APS) and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, have jointly announced that Troy Shinbrot, a professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Rutgers, has been appointed Editor of Physical Review Applied, the latest APS journal. Launching in 2014, Physical Review… Read More
