Cengage products MindTap and myNGconnect bag CODiE awards - May 10, 2013
Cengage Learning, a US-based provider of teaching, learning and research solutions, has received two Software & Information Industry Associations (SIIA) Education CODiE Awards. MindTap was named Best Postsecondary Personalised Learning Solution and myNGconnect was honoured as the Best Science and Health Instructional Solution. The 28th Annual… Read More
‘Maturitas’ EMAS guide on endometrial assessment in peri and postmenopausal women - May 9, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the publication of a clinical guide by the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) in the journal Maturitas. The guide is on endometrial assessment in peri and postmenopausal women with summary recommendations. The main onus of endometrial assessment is to… Read More
Coursera in partnership with SAGE to supplement online courses with free digital content - May 9, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a partnership with Coursera, a provider of massive open online courses (MOOCs), to expand the availability of high-quality educational resources to more than three million Coursera students. The partnership will grant Coursera instructors the option to supplement their video lectures with… Read More
BioMed Central launches journal ‘Acta Neuropathologica Communications’ for quick OA publication - May 9, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of the journal Acta Neuropathologica Communications (ANC). ANC will publish work on pathology and mechanisms of neurological disease using structural, molecular and cellular techniques. The sister of Acta Neuropathologica, a journal published by Springer with… Read More
De Gruyter selects CLOCKSS for long-term digital archiving of databases and e-books - May 9, 2013
Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, has announced that it is now archiving its 36 databases and 55 eBookPLUS at the CLOCKSS Archive. CLOCKSS is a US-based non-profit whose mission is to provide for the long-term digital archiving of academic publications. Partnership with CLOCKSS ensures that… Read More
ProQuest Senior VP Simon Beale appointed to SIIA board - May 9, 2013
Simon Beale, ProQuest Senior Vice President and General Manager of the company's North American Government, Public Library and Schools unit, has been named to the Board of Directors of the Software Information Industry Association (SIIA). The SIIA is the principal trade association for the software and… Read More
