| Outsell, Inc. publishes new CEO Topics Report: Evaluating Automated Content Tools |
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Outsell, Inc., the research and advisory firm focused on media, information, and technology, has announced the publication of a new CEO Topics Report: Evaluating Automated Content Tools. The report shows how such technologies have made rapid advances and are now extending beyond content businesses to support all kinds of big data analysis and communication, with profiles of the main vendors and user case studies. More Search for more news in this Category |
 Wolters Kluwer to acquire Learner’s Digest International |
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Wolters Kluwer’s Health Division has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of Learner’s Digest International, LLC, for $150 million in cash. Operationally, the company will become part of Wolters Kluwer Health Learning, Research & Practice (LR&P), and will bring a range of offerings that are complementary to LR&P’s existing strengths in quality medical, nursing and other healthcare information solutions. More Search for more news in this Category |
 The Surgery Journal introduces ‘Submit How You Want,’ a new, simplified submission policy for authors |
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The Surgery Journal (TSJ), launched in May 2015, has announced a new, simplified submission policy for authors: ‘Submit How You Want.’ As a reflection of TSJ’s unique approach to questioning and improving established publishing models, authors who choose to submit their work to the journal will not be required to format manuscripts before submission. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Australian ORCID Consortium Model released for comment and expressions of interest |
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ORCID, a researcher identifier solution which enables a wide range of improvements to the scholarly communications ecosystem, recently released an Australian ORCID Consortium Model for comment and expressions of interest. The Model was developed by the ORCID Working Group. The initial aim is to establish an ORCID Consortium with a minimum of 20 Australian institutional members (plus the Consortium Host). Membership will be open to eligible Australian institutions including current ORCID members and those yet to join. More Search for more news in this Category |
 European consortium develops new approaches for dealing with Big Data |
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The new BigStorage project, funded by the European Union, will develop new approaches to deal with Big Data concepts over the next three years, from theoretical basic research to the development of complex infrastructures and software packages. As an Innovative Training Network (ITN) of the European Union, it also plays an important role in the training of researchers and developers in the international context. The various tasks are being addressed by a European consortium of research teams and industrial partners. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Cengage Learning, McGraw-Hill and Pearson Education sue textbook reseller |
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Three major education publishers – Cengage Learning, McGraw-Hill and Pearson Education – this week filed a copyright and trademark infringement suit against a US-based textbook reseller for allegedly importing and selling ‘pirated’ foreign editions of popular textbooks. The suit, filed in Massachusetts federal court, accuses a trio of textbook ‘arbitragers’ individually and collectively (under the name Information Recyclers) of selling pirated, ‘counterfeit’ copies of the publishers’ ‘Authentic Works,’ bearing the publishers’ trademarks, at least as far back as June 2014. More Search for more news in this Category |
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NISO to host in-person forum on the Future of Library Resource Discovery |
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The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) will host a two–day meeting to take place in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 5 and 6, 2015 on The Future of Library Discovery. In February 2015, NISO published a white paper commissioned from library consultant Marshall Breeding by NISO’s Discovery to Delivery Topic Committee. The in–person meeting will be an extension of the white paper with a series of presenters and panels offering an overview of the current resource discovery environment. More Search for more news in this Category |
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