Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - 09 May 2011 The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (E-Readers Still Have Limitations, But the Path Forward Is Clearer); Casey Brienza (Communication or Credentialing? On the Value of Academic Publishing); Stevan Harnad (The Green Open Access Citation Advantage: Within-Journal Versus Between-Journal Comparisons); Patricio Robles (Tablets aren't killers: report) and Joseph Esposito (A Parable of Innovation in Publishing - A Mostly True Story). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here

NISO launches E-book special interest group to foster collaborative work - 09 May 2011 The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and its Architecture Committee have announced the creation of a Special Interest Group focused on e-books (the NISO E-book SIG). Simultaneous with the formation of the group, NISO is issuing a call for participation in the E-book SIG and its associated monitoring group. The E-book SIG seeks to explore a range of industry best practices and standards related to the creation, distribution, discovery, delivery and preservation of digital book content. The primary responsibilities of the group will be to continuously monitor and review the state of the industry for e-books and to suggest areas for new initiatives within NISO or areas where NISO can engage with other communities on e-book work underway outside of NISO. The group will also host thought leader meetings and commission relevant research to advance the state of the industry. While NISO is best known for shepherding groups focused on a specific problem through the creation and implementation of recommended practices and standards, NISO's new strategic initiatives seek to widen its outreach within the information industry. Specifically, the NISO Board and Architecture Committee seek to emphasise organisation's role as a facilitator within the industry; one that can foster cross-community dialogue in a given topical area and provide a place for the incubation of ideas even if no formal standards process within NISO is ever initiated as a result. Initially, the NISO E-book SIG will identify relevant ongoing or proposed work related to e-books. It will then begin outreach to the communities within the library, publishing, information system and scholarly communication communities actively engaged in some aspect of e-book development and support. The NISO Architecture committee is seeking nominations for experts interested in actively participating in the core E-book SIG from all areas of the community. In addition to the core group, a larger monitoring group will also be established to receive updates from the core group and provide feedback. Search for more networking or collaborating platforms To access our daily STM news feed through your iPhone, iPad, or other smartphones, please visit www.myscoope.com for a mobile friendly reading experience.

Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - 02 May 2011 The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (Reflections on Google Book Search: You Can't Put the Google Back Into the Bottle); Dave Dickson (New paper: Digital Publishing - A Brave New (Metrics-driven) World); Phil Richerme (Open Access to Scientific Knowledge); Phil Davis (The P-Word: Is Matched Text the same as Plagiarism?) and Mike Shatzkin (It's hard to figure out pricing for ebooks from anecdotal evidence). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here

Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - 25 Apr 2011 The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Phil Davis (Retract This Paper! Trends in Retractions Don't Reveal Clear Causes for Retractions); Patricio Robles (E-books now selling faster than dead trees: report); Joe Wikert (Ads in eBooks Are a Good Thing. Deal with It); and Kent Anderson (Amazon Continues to Push Book Innovation With Library Lending and Ad-Supported Kindles). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here

Ziff Davis Enterprise unveils new video blog series on eWeek.com - 22 Apr 2011 Integrated media firm Ziff Davis Enterprise, US, has launched a video blog series on eWeek.com. Sponsored by Hewlett Packard, the goal of the video blog is to provide SMB executives with the technology knowledge they need to manage and grow their business. The video blog series focuses on new media strategies and their business uses, mainly social media and video as a platform. The leading edge technology that makes up this series combines content, video and new social networking tools. The video content itself is platform agnostic - it can be viewed from the blog, in syndicated units across all Ziff Davis Enterprise sites, within a newly launched multi-media overlay unit, and via all mobile and tablet devices. All instances of the videos/players include native ability for users to share via email and social media platforms, as well as syndicate across the web via embeddable tags. The 36-part series launched in late March and will run through December 2011. To date, the video blog has featured guest speakers such as Steve Garfield, video expert and author of 'Get Seen'; Frank Ohlhorst, SMB Technology expert; and Paul Gillin, Social media expert and author of 'Social Marketing to Business Customers.' Interested parties may view and engage with this series at http://blogs.eweek.com/bizadvisor/. To access our daily STM news feed through your iPhone, iPad, or other smartphones, please visit www.myscoope.com for a mobile friendly reading experience