McGraw-Hill Education partners with Western Governors University to establish ‘Pay-for-Performance’ business model - June 7, 2012
Education materials publisher McGraw-Hill Education, US, and Western Governors University (WGU) have announced an agreement to establish a ‘pay-for-performance’ model in which McGraw-Hill will receive variable compensation for those WGU students who use MHE technology and services for a particular course and pass. Through the… Read More
Springer and the Japanese Society of Nephrology collaborate to publish new journal – CEN Case Reports - June 6, 2012
STM publisher Springer and the Japanese Society of Nephrology (JSN) will collaborate to publish the new journal Clinical and Experimental Nephrology (CEN) Case Reports. The e-only journal is one of the official journals of the JSN and addresses clinicians and researchers in the field of nephrology… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education and Instructure announce strategic partnership to expand McGraw-Hill Campus service - June 6, 2012
McGraw-Hill Higher Education, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced an expansion of its content and course integration service, McGraw-Hill Campus, through a strategic partnership with Instructure. The partnership will enable a deeper integration of McGraw-Hill Campus within Canvas across the country, making it even… Read More
Springer and the Scottish Higher Education Digital Library Consortium sign licensing agreement - June 5, 2012
STM publisher Springer and the Scottish Higher Education Digital Library Consortium (SHEDL) recently signed an agreement for access to electronic journal subscriptions and eBooks on Springer’s platform SpringerLink. Every SHEDL member will now have access to an enormous database of content consisting of nearly 2,000… Read More
Macmillan Higher Education opts for RSuite CMS to manage new publications - June 1, 2012
Publisher Macmillan Higher Education (MHE) recently licensed RSuite CMS by RSI Content Solutions. RSuite CMS is the content management system for publishers who want to manage, store, and deliver content to any channel, in any format, at any time. RSuite CMS will integrate with a… Read More
ProQuest helps create online access to Queen Victoria’s personal journals - May 31, 2012
Executives from ProQuest were present as Queen Elizabeth II officially launched an online view into royal history: a digital retrospective of the complete personal journals of Queen Victoria, enabling the first-ever access to the private records of one of the world's most influential public figures. With… Read More
National Geographic Learning and Nowa Era expand partnership - May 31, 2012
National Geographic Learning (NGL), part of Cengage Learning, has announced an agreement with Nowa Era, a part of Sanoma, to expand their partnership to include the development of Polish language science and history programmes for primary school. This agreement enables Nowa Era, a Poland-based school publisher,… Read More
Massachusetts Medical Society and Atypon renew contract - May 31, 2012
Atypon, a provider of software to the scientific and scholarly publishing industry, has announced that the Massachusetts Medical Society has renewed their contract with Atypon to continue providing the platform for the New England Journal of Medicine. The New England Journal of Medicine claims to… Read More
Publishing Technology announces new agreements with 10 new scholarly publishers - May 30, 2012
Publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology plc, UK, has announced agreements with 10 new scholarly publishers, further strengthening its client portfolio and online collections. In a series of recent signings, content from six academic publishers is now open to the ingentaconnect network of over 25,000… Read More
Version 2.0 of Utopia Documents web-enabled PDF reader for scientific content released - May 29, 2012
Lost Island Labs Ltd (LIL) has, in collaboration with Academic Concept Knowledge Ltd. (AQnowledge), released version 2.0 of the Utopia Documents web-enabled PDF reader for scientific content. It is freely downloadable from http://utopiadocs.com and currently available for Mac and Windows, with a… Read More