NetLearning partners with Child Health Corp for pediatric care course - October 10, 2011
NetLearning, a US-based provider of online courses and e-learning software for healthcare workers and hospital administrators, has announced a partnership with Child Health Corporation of America to better serve clients in the pediatrics field. Under the deal, the Essentials of Pediatric Critical Care Orientation course… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 10, 2011
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (Book Publishers and Patron-Driven Acquisition: Announcing a Research Project); Stevan Harnad (One Big Thing Holding Open Access Back is Calling and Treating it as "Open Access Publishing"); Kailin GowThu (How Tablets Are Revolutionizing The Business/Consumer Relationship); Phil Davis… Read More
Access Knowledgespeak using your smartphones and mobile devices via Myscoope.com - October 10, 2011
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available in a mobile browser version and a Java application version. Smartphones and Tablets – We publish a mobile browser version for smartphones and tablet PCs. This is accessible at www.myscoope.com, a site designed specifically for all types of… Read More
Google launches e-bookstore in UK - October 10, 2011
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has reportedly launched its e-bookstore in the UK. The store can be found at google.co.uk/. According to a report published in The Bookseller, Google has signed deals with the UK's… Read More
IMLS issues grant for further collaborative study of Virtual Reference Services - October 10, 2011
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded a National Leadership Grant for a collaborative research project between OCLC Research and the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information (SC&I) to investigate library-based Virtual Reference Services (VRS). OCLC Senior Research Scientist Lynn Silipigni… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell and British Academy announce new prize in Economics - October 10, 2011
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, and the British Academy have created a major new prize for an outstanding contribution to economics. The new British Academy-Wiley Prize in Economics, worth £5,000, will be awarded annually in recognition… Read More
