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​TechKnowledge, the leading specialized electronic information solutions provider in the Middle East, is proud to be partnering with Ain Shams University, the third oldest university in Egypt, to provide Scifinder for three successive years.

Techknowledge partners with the world’s leading publishers, scientific societies, and education technology (edtech) companies to provide universities, schools, and medical, corporate and government libraries across the Middle East with the most authoritative electronic resources and learning solutions.

Ain Shams University, founded in July 1950, comprised a number of distinguished faculties and academic institutes, which were later developed into university. Ain Shams University has played an undeniable role in developing the cultural and scientific life in Egypt and enriching human knowledge in general.

SciFinder is a discovery tool provided by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) for chemical structure & reaction and forward cited-reference searches. Searches are performed across select Chemical Abstracts databases and Medline, which covers many disciplines such as biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, and agricultural science.
SciFinder® is a research discovery application that provides unlimited access to the world's most comprehensive and authoritative source of references, substances and reactions in chemistry and related sciences.

This new partnership will enhance the digital learning and experience for students, teachers and researchers at the university and empower the entire institute with unlimited access to the world’s most trusted and comprehensive chemistry information. Taking the whole teaching and learning process to the next level.

Over 100 Years of Award-Winning Content

World Book combines technology with traditional editorial excellence to produce authoritative, trustworthy and unbiased information.

Whether intelligence is artificial or human, it needs input! In this catalog, you will find well-designed, instructive, and trustworthy input for all the intelligences in your classroom, school library, or public library!

See the full list of print books now by clicking on this link to download the print product catalog:
http://mydigimag.rrd.com/publication?i=421599

VitalSource and Al Manhal Collaborate for Increased Access to Digital Learning Materials in Middle East
VitalSource®, the world leader in building, enhancing and delivering digital course materials, and Al Manhal, the leading publisher of full-text searchable electronic databases of scholarly, professional and peer-reviewed content from the Arab World, are now collaborating to expand the reach and delivery of Al Manhal’s unique content collection from over 450 Arabic language publishers.
“Al Manhal has become well known and highly regarded in the Arabic academic community in a relatively short time”
By working together, Al Manhal’s expansive collection will now be deliverable through VitalSource Bookshelf®, the most widely used higher education digital-content platform in the world.
“Al Manhal has become well known and highly regarded in the Arabic academic community in a relatively short time,” said VitalSource® Managing Director for EMEA and Asia Pacific John Donovan. “Its collection of Arabic-language scholarly resources is unrivalled and we are proud to help deliver that content to learners throughout the region.”
“This strategic alliance between our two companies will enable publishers and students of Arabic textbooks to finally make the same shift from print to electronic that is happening in scientific, technical and medical education across the world,” said Mohamed Al-Baghdadi, President and CEO of Al Manhal. “We are now able to empower students in Arabic humanities and social science programs with the same digital textbook platform that millions of students around the world are benefitting from. The result will be a dramatic impact on the quality of learning and education (and publishing) across the Middle East.”
About VitalSource: VitalSource Technologies LLC, part of Ingram Content Group LLC, is improving the learning experience by making it easier to create and deliver effective and affordable content. The preferred choice among educational institutions and companies for digital learning materials, VitalSource® helps over 1,000 educational content providers create and deliver seamless interactive learning experiences through its exclusive Bookshelf® platform to millions of learners at 7,000 institutions. Bookshelf users opened more than 20 million digital textbooks last year and read more than 3.4 billion pages.
About Al Manhal: Founded in 2010, Al Manhal provides a reliable, transparent and efficient platform to enable the publishing community in the Arab world to maximise the regional and global exposure of their intellectual assets and in turn generate income streams to fund research activities. The platform empowers the academic and research communities with cost effective access to the region’s high quality academic and professional research content through access to the most advanced research tools to search and interact with Arabic documents.

​Read the full story on Business Wire on the following link:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170913005151/en/VitalSource%C2%AE-TechKnowledge-team-Provide-Digital-Learning-Solutions

For the first time this year, the World Economic Forum and the International Finance Corporation have partnered to bring together 100 Arab world startups, which are shaping the future in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).
TechKnowledge is very proud to announce that our sister company Al Manhal, the leading Arabic electronic information provider, is one of the 4IR Startups selected.

These 4IR Startups were selected in collaboration with the region’s leading authorities on the entrepreneurship ecosystem, including Wamda, Flat6Labs, Kawar Investments and Leap Ventures.

Together, these bright spots are enabling a generational transformation in the Middle East and North Africa.

For more information on the World Economic Forum, please click here.

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention, represented by the Training and Development Center in Sharjah, recently organized the Annual Honoring Ceremony for its partners in recognition of their role and efforts in enhancing institutional cooperation and achieving its strategic objectives.
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The ceremony was held in the presence of H.E. Awad Bin Saghir Al Ketbi, Undersecretary for Ministry's Support Services Sector and was attended by representatives of the Ministries, government organizations, universities and schools.

TechKnowledge was honored to receive a certificate of appreciation for the distinctive contribution, from the Training and Development Center of the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Health & Prevention at the award ceremony.

TechKnowledge is very glad to announce its new partnership with the leading educational publisher of books and digital resources for today's libraries and schools, ABDO.

Since 1985, ABDO has been a leader in children’s PreK–12 educational publishing for school and public libraries. We have earned a reputation for providing the best in reading and research for children and young adults while delivering unsurpassed customer service.
ABDO is known throughout the industry for its high-quality design and content and excellent customer service. Their goal is to bring new and exciting products to young readers everywhere.
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Techknowledge is proud to announce its new partnership with the largest children’s book publisher in the world, Scholastic.

Scholastic is entrusted with the promotion of literacy through books for millions of kids of all ages and reading levels. With support from teachers, parents, and schools, children choose from Scholastic the books they want to read, and discover the pleasure and power of reading. Finding the right book at the right time can light an emotional spark within children that motivates them to read more, understand more, and read joyfully.

View the publisher's details and products at:
​http://www.techknowledge.me/Scholastic.html

Applications are being accepted for the 2017 SciFinder Future Leaders program, organized by CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society. The program will be held Aug. 14–19 in Columbus, Ohio.

The program provides Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers from around the world with opportunities to collaborate with CAS scientists, innovators, and business leaders to expand their professional network and build connections. At the conclusion of the program in Columbus, participants will attend the fall ACS national meeting in Washington, D.C., from Aug. 20–24.

For more information about the program and on how to apply, please visit:

http://www.cas.org/products/scifinder/futureleaders
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​TechKnowledge is proud to announce that the Jury of the HEALTH AWARDS 2017 has unanimously selected our organization as the winner of the category “Distinguished Innovative Technology” The award is an acknowledgement of the outstanding achievements and valuable contributions to healthcare.

​We are looking forward for more accomplishments and achievements.