Baker & Taylor integrates digital media library platform with Blackboard Learn - February 21, 2014
Baker & Taylor, a distributor of digital and physical books, has integrated its Axis 360 digital media library platform with Blackboard Learn™, Blackboard Inc.'s flagship Learning Management System, giving K-12 students and instructors quick access to digital library materials. The integration gives students and educators an… Read More
Thomson Reuters collaborates with ULisboa to evaluate its global research impact - February 20, 2014
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a collaboration with ULisboa, a merger of the University of Lisbon and Technical University of Lisbon, to demonstrate the efficacy and global impact of its scientific research. In July 2013, University of Lisbon and… Read More
Kaplan University selects Vital Source e-textbook solution to support online learning programs - February 20, 2014
Ingram Content Group has announced that Kaplan University, a leader in higher education innovation, has selected Vital Source Technologies, Inc., Ingram's leading e-textbook solution and its VitalSource Bookshelf® platform to support the University's online learning programs nationwide. Using the VitalSource Bookshelf platform, students and faculty… Read More
Cornell University Emerging Markets Institute selects Reprints Desk to provide document delivery retrieval services - February 20, 2014
Reprints Desk, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Research Solutions, Inc. (RSSS), has been selected to provide document delivery retrieval services for a newly launched research portal from Emerging Markets Institute at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Reprints Desk's services will be… Read More
Biometrics Institute and Elsevier announce strategic partnership for delivery of the Biometrics 2014 Conference & Exhibition - February 19, 2014
The Biometrics Institute, the independent and international impartial body for the biometrics sector, has announced a strategic partnership with STM publisher Elsevier for the delivery of the Biometrics 2014 Conference & Exhibition to be held October 21-23, 2014 in London. The… Read More
QScience to use Rubriq’s standardised, independent peer review tool - February 19, 2014
Open access publisher Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation has announced that it will partner with Rubriq, complementing its own peer review process for its journals on QScience.com with the latter's groundbreaking scorecard, a standardised, independent peer review tool developed to speed publication and improve trust in the peer… Read More
Nature Publishing Group signs major agreement with French national licensing programme ISTEX - February 18, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has signed a major agreement with the French national licensing programme ISTEX, to make key scientific resources available to the French research community. More than 1.9 million students, researchers and scientists at over 200 French universities and institutions will… Read More
The Charlesworth Group to handle exclusive eBook sales for GeoScienceWorld in China - February 18, 2014
The Charlesworth Group is working with GeoScienceWorld (GSW) to handle exclusive eBook sales in China. Utilising its experience in the medical and academic sales' arena, and the company's established base in China, The Charlesworth Group will be working to support GSW by selling their eBook portfolio… Read More
Blackboard and Pearson announce collaboration to better support K-12 schools - February 18, 2014
Blackboard Inc. and Pearson, providers of technology and services to K-12 education, have announced a collaboration that will improve the integration and flow of data between their complementary K-12 solutions, in direct response to requests from educators. With this partnership, the… Read More
RCN Publishing to preserve e-journal content with Portico - February 17, 2014
RCN Publishing, part of the Royal College of Nursing group, has signed an agreement with Portico to preserve its e-journal content. Through the agreement, institutions participating in Portico's E-Journal Preservation Service will be assured continued access to RCN Publishing title content for their nurses, students and… Read More
