TechTarget acquires French IT media brand, LeMagIT - December 18, 2012
Technology media company TechTarget, Inc. has acquired the websites and product offerings of LeMagIT, a strategic partner with TechTarget since 2010. The acquisition strengthens TechTarget's value proposition to deliver focused content, targeted audiences and innovative capabilities to enterprise IT providers trying to make progress in Europe.… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - December 17, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Editorial Spoofing in the Age of Electronic Peer-Review); Joe Wikert (Ebook lending vs. ownership); Ernesto Priego (A new paradigm of scholarly communications is emerging: A report from the Future of Impact conference); Alice Meadows (Moving Scholarly Society Members… Read More
Publishers Weekly and O’Reilly Tools of Change collaborate to launch Author (R)evolution Day conference - December 17, 2012
O'Reilly Media's Tools of Change and Publishers Weekly recently launched a new conference called Author (R)evolution Day aimed at professional authors, content creators, agents and other independent author services providers. This daylong conference-within-a-conference will debut February 12, 2013, during O'Reilly's flagship TOC conference in New York… Read More
OhioLINK and EBSCO in deal to provide EDS as a shared service to OhioLINK libraries - December 17, 2012
The Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK) and its Library Advisory Council have announced an agreement with EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) to provide the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) as a shared service to OhioLINK libraries. As a result, member-libraries of Ohio's academic library… Read More
Thomson Reuters report examines impact of personalised medicine on pharm R&D - December 17, 2012
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the publication of a new report titled "Spotlight on Personalized Medicine, a Pharma Matters". The report seeks to provide a comprehensive view of the potential effects of personalised medicine on drug research and development. Based… Read More
Jisc welcomes the launch of Futurelearn - December 17, 2012
Jisc has welcomed the announcement by the Open University to bring together a range of free, open, online courses from leading UK universities through MOOCs (massively open online courses). Jisc has been supporting activity within online learning across the UK to enhance the learner experience and… Read More
