McGraw-Hill Education unveils latest version of SmartBook at 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show - January 8, 2015
Learning science company McGraw-Hill Education introduced the newest version of SmartBook, company's adaptive reading platform, at the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show. SmartBook helps students study more effectively and efficiently by guiding them through a personalised study experience that continually adapts to their needs and focuses… Read More
IEEE to adopt the HDBaseT standard for ultra-high-definition digital connectivity - January 7, 2015
The HDBaseT Alliance, the cross-industry group tasked with promoting and advancing HDBaseT standard, and IEEE, the technical professional organisation, have announced that the HDBaseT standard has been approved by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Standards Board for adoption… Read More
ProQuest unveils first regionalized version of Academic Complete - January 5, 2015
ProQuest ebooks company ebrary has created a brand new version of Academic Complete™ subscription collection designed specifically for UK and Irish students, faculty and researchers with over 4,000 unique, region specific titles. Recognising the importance of providing key content to this region, this new edition of… Read More
Thieme publishes Differential Diagnosis in Ultrasound Imaging, Second Edition - December 23, 2014
Medical and scientific publisher Thieme has announced that the recently published Differential Diagnosis in Ultrasound Imaging, Second Edition, has been completely updated with content that reflects the very latest clinical and technological standards. With a specific focus on general abdominal, genitourinary, and thyroid pathologies, this… Read More
FIZ Karlsruhe presents new information brochure ‘A Focus on Mathematics’ - December 22, 2014
FIZ Karlsruhe —Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure presents its completely revised information brochure 'A Focus on Mathematics'. The publication is dedicated to new directions of integrated knowledge management in mathematics. Seven articles by expert authors, among them Prof. Gert-Martin Greuel, who is also editor-in-chief of… Read More
RSuite 4.1 provides extensive use of templates to drive efficiencies into the book publishing process - December 22, 2014
RSuite CMS, a publishing automation and multi-channel publishing content management solution, has released version 4.1. RSuite 4.1 provides an extensive use of templates to drive efficiencies into the book publishing process. The pre-configured environment allows book publishers to realise their goal of multi-channel publishing by simply… Read More
SPIE launches new peer-reviewed journal serving the astronomical instrumentation community - December 18, 2014
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced the first issue of the new Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS). All articles will be freely available through the end of 2015 in the SPIE Digital Library. Mark Clampin, SPIE Fellow and James… Read More
Elsevier publishes four new books on Nuclear Engineering - December 17, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of four new nuclear engineering books of particular interest to safety managers, designers, engineers, operators and regulators of nuclear power plants. Among these new books is The 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident: How and Why It Happened, written… Read More
Springer set to publish official journal of the Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale - December 17, 2014
STM publisher Springer will publish Economia e Politica Industriale - Journal of Industrial and Business Economics as of January 2015. Founded in 1973, the journal is the official journal of the Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale, an Italian society which focuses on business and… Read More
NISO approves four new projects to develop standards for alternative assessment metrics - December 16, 2014
The voting members of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have approved four new projects to develop standards for alternative assessment metrics (altmetrics). The NISO Alternative Assessment Metrics Initiative was begun in July 2013 with funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation with a goal of… Read More
