GlobalSpec launches My GlobalSpec platform for Industrial Professionals - November 23, 2009
Specialised vertical search, information services and e-publishing company GlobalSpec, US, has announced the launch of its My GlobalSpec platform of workflow management tools. My GlobalSpec gives industrial professionals a single place to access, manage and save all of their vital work-related information from Read More
Swets puts eBooks procurement portal into beta testing phase - November 23, 2009
Subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that its newly developed eBooks procurement portal has entered into Beta Testing. The portal integrates a comprehensive eBook catalogue and procurement options into existing SwetsWise services, most notably SwetsWise Subscriptions. These features will provide customers with a single source… Read More
TechTarget releases new report mapping content and information source needs of IT buyers - November 23, 2009
Technology media company TechTarget, Inc., US, has announced the release of a new report mapping content and information source needs of IT buyers to their online research process. The TechTarget Media Consumption Benchmark Report 2: Closing the Gap between IT Buyers and IT Marketers is available… Read More
Latest edition of blogspeak now online - November 23, 2009
The latest edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (How Many Books Dance on the Head of an e-Pin?); Gideon Burton (Western Civilization and the Digital World); Pam Harley (Usefulness Trumps Fun for Search Autosuggest); and David Crotty (How Meaningful Are User Ratings? (This Article = 4.5… Read More
American Geographical Society and Wiley-Blackwell announce Co-publishing deal - November 20, 2009
The American Geographical Society (AGS) has announced a partnership with Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc, US, after two years of negotiations and discussions between the society and publisher. Under the deal, Wiley-Blackwell and the AGS will co-publish the… Read More
Elsevier publishes freely available Special Issue to mark 20th anniversary of the UN Convention for the Rights of the Child - November 20, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the publication of a Special Issue of Child Abuse and Neglect The International Journal 1989-2009 on the 20th Anniversary of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The Special Issue aims to celebrate the 20th anniversary of… Read More
