Elsevier expands DirectCourse for Mental Health Practitioners - October 18, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new curriculum, The College of Recovery and Community Inclusion. In conjunction with the Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities, Elsevier has made this new curriculum available via DirectCourse, a suite of… Read More
NISO publishes Data Curation themed issue of Information Standards quarterly in Open Access - October 18, 2013
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announces the publication of the Fall 2013 issue of Information Standards Quarterly (ISQ) with a special theme of Data Curation. Interest in the topic of data curation has increased greatly as many governments and funding organisations have mandated that publicly… Read More
PubMatic launches Account Management and Platform Solutions division - October 18, 2013
PubMatic, the digital media platform company for publishers, has announced the launch of its Account Management and Platform Solutions (AMPS) division. The new group is an industry first consulting and professional services offering to help publishers fully integrate PubMatic's tools and solutions into their business plans.… Read More
Elsevier expands Legacy Collection on ScienceDirect - October 17, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the expansion of its Legacy Collection on ScienceDirect. Elsevier's Legacy Collection now includes more than 9500 books with contributions from more than 100 Nobel Laureates. The Legacy Collection digitizes classic historical scholarly book content. Many of these newly digitised foundational… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health launches Lippincott’s NCLEX-RN PassPoint, powered by PrepUTM - October 17, 2013
Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health has introduced Lippincott's NCLEX-RN PassPoint, powered by PrepUTM. This adaptive learning and exam prep tool for nursing students simulates the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN®) with comprehensive, adaptive practice exams, and includes access to thousands… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education unveils first adaptive math placement platform - October 17, 2013
Digital learning company McGraw-Hill Education, US, has launched ALEKS Placement, Preparation and Learning, the first adaptive, open-response placement and remediation tool for higher education. ALEKS Placement, Preparation and Learning uses adaptive technology to quickly and accurately assess students' knowledge to place them in the college math… Read More
IEEE initiates new standards working groups - October 15, 2013
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced its new working groups will immediately kick off the development process to create standards for the EPEAT registry. In July, IEEE announced its plan to move the IEEE 1680 standards forward. Since then, working groups have been established for… Read More
Elsevier announces the launch of astrophysical journal – Journal of High Energy Astrophysics - October 14, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of the Journal of High Energy Astrophysics (JHEAp), the first astrophysical journal that revolves around the study of high energy objects and events. The Journal of High Energy Astrophysics targets research on energetic phenomena in the universe.… Read More
International Anesthesia Research Society launches new journal – A&A Case Reports - October 10, 2013
The International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) has announced the launch of its newest publication, A&A Case Reports, a peer-reviewed online journal focused exclusively on sharing and discussion of informative clinical experiences. The first issue of A&A Case Reports was released with new cases to be… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education and Magna Publications collaborate to launch LMS-ready professional development tool, Magna Campus - October 10, 2013
Digital learning company McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced the launch of Magna Campus, the first professional development product created through the collaboration between Magna Publications and the McGraw-Hill Learning Institute, the company's professional development unit designed to help faculty navigate new and emerging educational technologies. … Read More
