Parker University selects Blackboard Learn to replace current LMS - October 31, 2012
Enterprise technology and innovative solutions provider Blackboard Inc., US, has announced that Parker University has selected Blackboard Learn to replace its current learning management system (LMS) following a three-month evaluation of four commercial and open source platforms. The selection was driven by the university's need to… Read More
Penguin, Random House merged to create global consumer publishing organisation - October 30, 2012
Two European media companies Pearson and Bertelsmann have announced an agreement to create the world's leading consumer publishing organisation by combining Penguin and Random House. The combination is stated to bring together two of the world's leading English language publishers, with highly complementary skills and strengths.… Read More
Palgrave Pivot launches with publication of 21 new titles - October 30, 2012
Higher education publisher Palgrave Macmillan has announced the launch of Palgrave Pivot, a new initiative that seeks to break down the boundaries of publishing research. Palgrave Pivot has launched 21 new titles including Global and Transnational History, written by historian Akira Iriye; Media, Myth, and Society… Read More
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and the Bodleian Libraries in deal with Elsevier for ClinicalKey - October 30, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has signed a one-year agreement with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUH) and the Bodleian Libraries providing access to ClinicalKey. Launched earlier this year, ClinicalKey draws answers from the largest proprietary collection of clinical resources, covering every medical… Read More
Serials Solutions Summon Service expands Japanese-language content with Japan Medical Abstracts Society - October 30, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, and the Japan Medical Abstracts Society (JAMAS) have improved access to Japanese-language article abstracts in Ichushi-Web through the Summon web-scale discovery service. The inclusion of metadata from the JAMAS abstracting and indexing database for more than 5,800 journals covering medicine, dentistry… Read More
IOP Publishing launches article level metrics on its journal platform IOPscience - October 30, 2012
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced the launch of article level metrics on its journal platform IOPscience. Article level metrics are increasingly being used by authors and readers to view the wider impact of an article beyond traditional citations. The… Read More
