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Tuesday, December 08, 2015
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Game Simulations Enter the Real World of Education
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by Woody Evans
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Strange Loop Games won a grant from IES (Institute of Education Sciences) and the U.S. Department of Education in spring 2015 for its work on Eco, the simulated ecosystem and economy game. The Small Business Innovation Research grant for $899,871 is allowing the company to realize the game's full potential. Soon after the release of Eco's first live feed, the company reported that many bugs were fixed thanks to community engagement with the live demo on Twitch. ...
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NFAIS Announces 2016 Miles Conrad Award Recipient
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The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) announced that Deanna Marcum will receive the 2016 Miles Conrad Award and give the annual Miles Conrad Memorial Lecture at the NFAIS Annual Conference in February 2016 for her accomplishments in librarianship and in helping to establish a digital future for libraries.
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HighWire Press Commits to Scholarly Annotation Initiative
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HighWire Press joined Annotating All Knowledge, an organization dedicated to exploring the benefits of building an open, common framework for scholarly annotation. With this coalition, HighWire will work to create and implement a standards-based, open web layer that allows researchers to gather notes and link them across the web.
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ST Imaging and nextScan Join Forces
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ST Imaging acquired nextScan, a microfilm scanner and workflow software technology manufacturer. Both companies will be able to offer new products and services to their customers by combining their resources and technology.
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LexisNexis Produces Journal; Updates Lexis Practice Advisor
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LexisNexis Legal & Professional launched The Lexis Practice Advisor Journal, a quarterly publication for transactional lawyers on news, trends, and issues that impact their practice.
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ScienceOpen Adds Altmetrics Functionality to Its Platform
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ScienceOpen joined forces with Altmetric to track the media, policy, and social media references for its more than 10 million article records. Literature searches can now be sorted by Altmetric score, and search results are fully filterable by article citations and Altmetric scores.
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With Litographs, You Can Wear Your Favorite Book
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by Brandi Scardilli
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If you've ever thought about getting a tattoo inspired by your favorite book, but you weren't sure if you wanted to make a lifetime commitment, look no further than Litographs. Its line of temporary tattoos features designs inspired by 30-plus works of literature, including Beowulf, Moby Dick, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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Download Our December-January Editorial Sampler
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