UK’s four national academies respond to Government consultation on science and research funding - May 21, 2013
The Presidents of the Academy of Medical Sciences, the British Academy, the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering have responded jointly in a letter to the Government’s consultation on strategic priorities for science and research funding. The letter follows on from a recent joint… Read More
Blackboard and Vital Source launch integrated offering - May 21, 2013
Enterprise technology and innovative solutions provider Blackboard Inc., US, and Vital Source Technologies, Inc., an Ingram Content Group company, have launched pilot programs with a number of colleges and universities to test-drive an integrated offering that makes the VitalSource Bookshelf platform and its hundreds of thousands… Read More
Cengage Learning appoints Alexander Broich as President of International - May 21, 2013
Cengage Learning, a US-based provider of teaching, learning and research solutions, has announced the appointment of Alexander Broich as the President of International. Beginning July 1, he will be based in the company’s Boston, MA office and will serve on the executive team reporting to Michael… Read More
Accelrys announces new release of Accelrys Electronic Lab Notebook - May 21, 2013
Accelrys, Inc., a US-based provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, has announced the latest release of the Accelrys Electronic Lab Notebook (AELN), which now offers extensive integration with the unifying, scientifically aware Accelrys Enterprise Platform (AEP). Expanded integration with AEP supports the management and orchestration… Read More
Serials Solutions and SA ePublications to index The African Electronic Journals in Summon service - May 20, 2013
Serials Solutions is working with SA ePublications, a service of Sabinet Online, to index The African Electronic Journals in the Summon service. Aggregating the works of multiple publishers, this collection of nearly 400 journals represents the most comprehensive, searchable collection of South- and Southern-African journals in… Read More
San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment calls for sweeping changes in scientific assessment - May 20, 2013
Scientists, journal editors and publishers, scholarly societies, and research funders across many scientific disciplines have posted an international declaration calling on the world scientific community to eliminate the role of the journal impact factor (JIF) in evaluating research for funding, hiring, promotion, or institutional effectiveness. The San Francisco Declaration on… Read More
