By Lindsay McKenzie. Florida State University will cancel its comprehensive subscription to Elsevier journals. More...
6 mai 2018
6 mai 2018
University Press of New England Will Shut Down
By Scott Jaschik. Dartmouth College announced this week that the University Press of New England will be shut down by the end of the calendar year.
The press was founded in 1970 as a consortium and once was supported by 10 colleges and universities. But for the last two years, the consortium has fallen in size to two: Brandeis University and Dartmouth College. Staff members at the press have been employed by Dartmouth, which also houses the operations. More...
4 mai 2018
Elsevier Announces New Procedures for Retracting Online Articles
Elsevier Announces New Procedures for Retracting Online Articles
After some stinging criticism, Elsevier Science has had a change of heart and will now do the right thing when it comes to retracting journal articles. More...
4 mai 2018
Publishers Give Classics a Makeove
Publishers Give Classics a Makeove
Interesting. The extension of cooyright terms has hurt the publishers of classic literature. This article looks at publishers such as Penguin who have made a name for themselves in this competitive business. More...
1 mai 2018
La revue TransFormations. Une ressource en ligne sur la Formation des adultes
La revue TransFormations est une revue scientifique classée dans la liste des revues HCERES en Sciences de l’éducation et a pour mission la production, la diffusion et la mise en perspective de travaux de recherche centrés sur l’éducation et la formation des adultes. Plus...1 mai 2018
ECVET Magazine no 31 - April 2018
It features content on:
- The ECVET Users' Group visits Finland and learns about the Finnish VET reform;
- Mutual recognition in the construction sector: Lessons from the EU's build up Skills initiative;
- ECVET goes Business "From push to pull; modern human resource management with European transparency instruments";
- RUECVET: Piloting ECVET to the national VET systems of Russia and Uzbekistan;
- Successes and challenges of the first national consortium in Slovakia. More...
30 avril 2018
Publishers Win Big in Fake-Textbook Lawsuit
Publishers Win Big in Fake-Textbook Lawsuit
Lindsay McKenzie, Inside Higher Ed, 2018/04/13
I haven't been hearing the term 'fake textbook' used in copyright coverage, so I'm wondering whether its use here signals a change in strategy. It certainly leaves me wondering what makes a face textbook fake. I assume it's not like fake news, which is news that's not true. The facts in fake textbooks are presumably the same as the ones in the original textbooks, otherwise they wouldn't be accused of copyright infringement. More...
28 avril 2018
Newsletter de l'Apecita n° 144 - avril 2018
Le sens du travail pour les diplômés.
Accroissement de la pénurie de profils qualifiés mais perspectives encourageantes.
Etude pour construire des formations adaptées aux besoins des agriculteurs du Limousin.
Trois enquêtes sur la rémunération des jeunes diplômés.
Technicien agro-environnement. Plus...
24 avril 2018
After nearly 50 years, University Press of New England to wind down
The University Press of New England, headquartered in Lebanon, is shutting down at the end of the year. More...
24 avril 2018
FlatWorld unveils 11 new textbook editions
FlatWorld, a publisher of the most affordable high-quality college textbooks, today announced that it has published 11 new textbook editions in the first quarter of 2018. More...
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