New Emerald Group Publishing book series explores how social networking sites are changing the face of higher education - December 14, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has released a new book series that seeks to explore how social networking sites are changing the face of higher education. Social networking is a 21st century phenomenon, with sites such as Facebook attracting over… Read More
Nature Network expands OpenSocial ‘Workbench’ for widgets - December 7, 2010
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced the next stage in the evolution of its innovative 'Workbench' development platform. NPG is inviting the community to develop customised applications ('widgets') to search, discover and share scientific information. The Workbench development platform is built on OpenSocial… Read More
SAGE’s new social networking site attains 1000 member mark - November 16, 2010
Academic and professional publisher SAGE has announced that its new social networking site, Communicationspace, welcomed its 1000th member in just two weeks after launch. SAGE launched Communicationspace, a multidimensional, online network for scholars and research communities in media and communication studies, on November 1, 2010. The… Read More
Spine editors announce new blog – The Spinal Column - November 10, 2010
Editors of international peer-reviewed journal Spine have announced a new weekly blog - The Spinal Column - on the journal's website. Weekly posts will focus on how new research affects clinical care for patients with spinal disorders. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,… Read More
AIP adds new discussion groups feature to UniPHY scientific social and professional network - November 4, 2010
The American Institute of Physics has announced the addition of UniPHY Discussion Groups - a new interactive feature - on the UniPHY (aipuniphy.org) professional and social networking platform. AIP UniPHY is a scientific networking site for physical scientists. It allows them to search for collaborators, see… Read More
Healthline Networks unveils Healthline Wellness Network - October 8, 2010
Health information services provider Healthline Networks,US, has announced the formation of the Healthline Wellness Network. The Network will take advantage of the company's HealthSTAT (Semantic Taxonomy Advertising Targeting) contextual content mapping technology to identify wellness content on partners such as AARP, AOL Health, iVillage Health, myOptumHealth… Read More
Sigma Xi selects ResearchGATE as its scientific networking platform - October 6, 2010
ResearchGATE, a scientific network for scientists and researchers, has announced that SIGMA XI, The Scientific Research Society, has implemented its social networking platform for its more than 60,000 members - students, researchers, and scientists. More than 200 Nobel laureates have been members… Read More
SAE International unveils new member networking site – EngineerXchange - September 1, 2010
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, US, has launched a member networking site – EngineerXchange. Built specifically for mobility engineers, the site provides exclusive access to powerful new networking tools, jobs, career counselling and management tools, and advance access to SAE technical information. EngineerXchange allows… Read More
Xplana selects MarkLogic to manage and deliver content and information - September 1, 2010
Information infrastructure software provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, has announced that its database is powering Xplana, a student-focused learning and social networking platform. With Xplana, a division of MBS Service Company, students can now get instant, searchable, and well-organised access to hundreds of thousands of academic… Read More
edWeb.net launches new online community to explore eBooks for K-12 education - August 31, 2010
edWeb.net, a professional social network for the education community, has announced the launch of a new community 'Exploring eBooks for K-12'. This is a forum where educators and industry executives can connect and collaborate together to discuss the evolution of this new… Read More
