Alexander Street Press launches Nursing Education in Video online collection - September 13, 2011
Electronic publisher Alexander Street Press, US, has released Nursing Education in Video, an online collection of streaming video for the training and education of nurses and nursing assistants. The result of a partnership with Medcom-Trainex, Nursing Education in Video covers the fundamentals of nurse training… Read More
Gale and Library Media Connection announce winners of 2011 TEAMS Award - September 13, 2011
Educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, and Library Media Connection Magazine have announced the three winners of the TEAMS Award — Teachers and Media Specialists Influencing Student Achievement. The 2011 winners are Winter Park Elementary School in Wilmington, North Carolina; Patrick F. Taylor Science… Read More
Access Knowledgespeak using your smartphones and mobile devices via Myscoope.com - September 13, 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
Frankfurt Fair Hall 4.2 to host events for specialist publishers and professionals - September 13, 2011
The Frankfurt Book Fair is projecting Hall 4.2 as the marketplace for science, specialist publishers, librarians and information professionals. Here, attendees to the fair are expected to find answers to queries such as how one can transfer knowledge digitally in the future; which business models will… Read More
Elsevier’s SciVerse Scopus selected by Australian Research Council for ERA 2012 Research Assessment - September 13, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the Australian Research Council has selected SciVerse Scopus for the third time as the sole citation provider for the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment for 2012. ERA is an Australian Government initiative to assess the quality… Read More
Springer releases new web tool to increase quality of metadata - September 13, 2011
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has released a new web tool that allows cataloguers and librarians to easily download tailor-made batches of MARC records (Machine-Readable-Cataloging) or eBook title lists. The new tool, projected to increase the quality of metadata, allows librarians to download a batch of records… Read More
