ACS event witnesses over 150 scientific reports on sustainability and green chemistry
With “sustainability” on the minds and lips of more and more people — determined to use resources today in ways that do not jeopardize...
Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple & Recommends Tim Cook
Apple’s Board of Directors today announced that Steve Jobs has resigned as Chief Executive Officer, and the Board has named Tim Cook, previously Apple’s...
OCLC to offer Atlas Systems’ free electronic document delivery software
Atlas Systems, the leading provider of time-saving solutions for libraries, has announced that OCLC will extend its suite of resource sharing services with Odyssey™...
Pearson unveils technology to measure complexity of text
Pearson today announced the creation of the Pearson Reading Maturity Metric, a new and more accurate measure of the reading difficulty of texts. Developed...
Pubget unveils beta version of cloud app for managing research papers
Today Pubget announces the availability of PaperStream Beta, a cloud app for accessing, managing and sharing research papers across teams. Pubget.com changed the way...
Elsevier releases Malaysian edition of Baillière’s Nurses’ Dictionary
Elsevier announced today that nursing students in Malaysia can look forward to better understanding medical terms with the adaptation of the popular Baillière’s Nurses’ Dictionary.
The...
Swets acquires Accucoms
Swets announced earlier today that it has completed the purchase of Accucoms, a leading provider of sales and marketing services to academic and professional...
NIACE Launches Its Own eBook Platform
The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) has launched an eBook platform for its adult learning content that uses an eContent hosting product...
New interim CEO to be appointed at JISC as executive secretary retires
After 35 years of working in post-16 education and research, Dr Malcolm Read executive secretary at JISC will retire in January 2012.
Malcolm joined JISC...
Publishers See Revenue Opportunities from School Improvement Grants for Textbooks
Publishers of textbooks and providers of educational materials, tools and services are finding market opportunities from the U.S. federal School Improvement Grants program which...
ALA Council supports Out of School library programs
he Council of the American Library Association (ALA) passed a resolution encouraging ALA members to tell their legislators, as well as local and national organizations and...
Applications and the scientific research workflow
How can applications make a positive impact on the scientific research workflow? Rafael Sidi, VP of SciVerse Applications and Developer Network at Elsevier explains...