By Lindsay McKenzie. Florida State University will cancel its comprehensive subscription to Elsevier journals. More...
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...
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...
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...
La revue TransFormations. Une ressource en ligne sur la Formation des adultes

ECVET Magazine no 31 - April 2018

- 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...