Knowledgespeak Newsletter

9 May 2012

Student e-book usage stronger in the UK than other regions, says survey Students in the UK who recently participated in ebrary's Global Student E-book Survey reported a greater preference for digital over printed books and higher usage than their global counterparts in a similar survey conducted in 2011. When asked how often they would choose e-books over printed books, 58 percent of UK students stated they would 'very often' to 'often' choose the digital version if it were available compared to 48 percent of global respondents. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Wiley acquires higher education publisher Harlan Davidson Inc. Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the acquisition of Harlan Davidson Inc. (HDI), a family-owned publishing company in Wheeling, IL. The acquisition builds on Wiley's existing high quality American History portfolio, and strengthens growing curriculum areas such as World History, Atlantic History and State History. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Optical Society announces enhancements to digital library, Optics InfoBase The Optical Society (OSA) has announced the launch of several enhancements to its digital library, Optics InfoBase. Central to the new services that have launched is the reinvention of its journal article interface. With this new interface, users can more easily access and browse each article's full-text, article-level metrics, interactive and embedded equations, and more than 200,000 images via the new Optics ImageBank product. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme MPIP and co-sponsors collaborate with journal editors to close credibility gap in publishing industry-sponsored research The Medical Publishing Insights and Practices (MPIP) initiative and its co-sponsors recently collaborated with journal editors to characterise the persistent and perceived credibility gap in reporting industry-sponsored research and to identify potential approaches to resolve it. This round table, hosted by MPIP, reached consensus on 'Ten Recommendations for Closing the Credibility Gap in Reporting Industry-Sponsored Clinical Research' as reported in the May issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme IEEE 802 standard designed to help reduce complexity and human error Technical professional association IEEE has announced that it has approved the IEEE 802.1aq-2012 Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Bridges and Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks. Also known as Shortest Path Bridging (SPB), the standard will help dramatically reduce the complexity of Ethernet networks while increasing their scale. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Pearson and Panopto partner to integrate video capture and management software platform into Pearson's custom learning solutions Print and digital education materials provider Pearson and Panopto have announced plans to integrate Panopto's video capture and management software platform into Pearson's custom learning solutions for the professional market. The announcement was made at the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) annual conference in Denver. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Cengage Learning and NorthWest Arkansas Community College partner to educate and strengthen local workforce Cengage Learning, a US-based provider of teaching, learning and research solutions, has announced that it is working with NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) to develop a series of workforce development courses for professionals in the Bentonville, Arkansas area. The courses being developed are a part of the $2.15 million 'Acceleration, Resources, Knowledge' (ARK) Grant, which was awarded to the region based on a proposal that was submitted to the Obama Administration's Innovation Accelerator Challenge. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Carolyn Anthony elected 2013-2014 PLA president The Public Library Association (PLA) has announced that Carolyn Anthony, director of the Skokie (Ill.) Public Library, has been elected the 2013-2014 president of the PLA. Anthony will become PLA president-elect at the conclusion of the 2012 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference this June and will assume the PLA presidency in June 2013 for one year, presiding over the PLA 2014 Conference. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme

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