NISO and OAI release draft for comments of ResourceSync Framework Specification - February 12, 2013
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) has announced the release of a beta draft for comments of the ResourceSync Framework Specification for the web detailing various capabilities that a server can implement to allow third-party systems to remain synchronized with… Read More
OUP adds British Computing Society’s Interacting with Computers journal to computer science portfolio - February 12, 2013
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced that it will publish the journal, Interacting with Computers (IwC), on behalf of the British Computing Society (BCS). OUP currently publishes both The Computer Journal and ITNOW on behalf of BCS. With the addition of IwC to its… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education makes LearnSmart available to high school students - February 12, 2013
McGraw-Hill Education, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has announced that it will make McGraw-Hill LearnSmart, its adaptive study tool, available for students in high school. The aim is to provide teachers and schools with a digital solution that has been proven to increase… Read More
ICIS to produce NACD’s Chemical Distributor magazine - February 12, 2013
The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) and petrochemical market information provider ICIS have announced a new partnership. Under the deal, ICIS will produce NACD's Chemical Distributor magazine, beginning February 2013. To be distributed to the NACD membership on a quarterly basis, ICIS will enhance… Read More
Robert Lanza named Editor-in-Chief of BioResearch Open Access journal - February 12, 2013
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. has announced the appointment of Dr. Robert Lanza as Editor-in-Chief of BioResearch Open Access, effective immediately. Dr. Jane Taylor, of the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, will continue in her role as Editor. The Journal, in its… Read More
Over 12,000 Wiley Online Books to be made available in developing countries via the Research4Life initiative - February 11, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that its 12,200 Online Books would be made available through the Research4Life initiatives of HINARI, AGORA and OARE, benefitting research and academic communities in 80 low- and middle-income countries including Malawi, Cambodia, and Bolivia. Research4Life provides 6,000… Read More
