American Institute of Physics launches new mobile e-Reader application, iResearch - October 12, 2009
XML content server provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, has announced that the American Institute of Physics (AIP) has used MarkLogic Server to launch its new mobile e-Reader application, iResearch. iResearch was developed to provide the AIP community of researchers, comprising physicists, engineers,… Read More
RIN-OCLC study to identify researchers’ needs - October 12, 2009
The Research Information Network (RIN) and OCLC Research are undertaking a comparative study to investigate information-related support services for researchers in the UK and the US. This collaborative research project will be composed of two separate, but linked, analyses. It will examine information-related support services throughout… Read More
John Wiley & Sons partners with Scrivener Publishing - October 12, 2009
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a new partnership with Scrivener Publishing, a provider of book and chapter length material for industry practitioners and academic researchers in the technical applied sciences. Under the deal, Wiley and Scrivener will co-develop a line of books… Read More
Publishing Technology to rebuild Sunmedia’s publishing platform with pub2web tech - October 12, 2009
Publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology plc, UK, has announced a partnership with content solutions provider Sunmedia, Japan. Under the deal, Publishing Technology will deploy its pub2web technology to rebuild Sunmedia’s online publishing platform as a robust new research service. Sunmedia's current platform supplies Japanese researchers… Read More
Cold Spring Publishing set to launch new Oncology journal - October 12, 2009
Medical publishing company Cold Spring Publishing, LLC, US, has announced the launch of a clinical journal - The Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology. The journal is targeted at nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, advanced practice nurses, and physician's assistants who practice in the field… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 12, 2009
The latest edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are Jon Gibs (Social Media: The Next Great Gateway for Content Discovery?); Kent Anderson (Is It Print That’s Dying? Or Mass Media?); Jenny Delasalle (Theses and early draft deposit in repositories: is that publication?); and Michael Clarke (Been Avoiding Social Media?… Read More
