Dear Subscribers - March 12, 2009
STM Publishers can now add their Company to the Knowledgespeak Directory list. You can also update our events calendar, if you are organising an event which may be of interest to the STM publishing community. Also, you can send your company
CARL, SPARC launch Canadian initiative to boost campus digital repository use - March 11, 2009
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) have announced a new educational initiative called 'Greater Reach for Your Research'. The campaign encourages Canadian authors to use their campus digital repository to increase the… Read More
E-Publishing activities to fare well despite recession, says report - March 11, 2009
Media industry forecast and analysis firm Simba Information has released a report according to which global recession will lead to slower growth in professional publishing markets through 2010. However, e-publishing activities, such as online services, abstracting and indexing tools, electronic databases and Web directories, will plow… Read More
The National Library of New Zealand Selects Primo from Ex Libris - March 11, 2009
Ex Libris Asia Pacific has announced that the National Library of New Zealand has chosen to expand its suite of Ex Libris products with the Primo solution, which will provide users with a unified interface for the discovery and delivery of the library's vast collections. The… Read More
E-textbook platform VitalSource witnesses significant increase in usage - March 11, 2009
Digital content services provider Ingram Digital, US, has announced a significant increase in the student and faculty adoption of VitalSource, its interactive e-textbook platform. In January 2009, the platform saw more than a 600 percent rise over the same period in 2008. VitalSource allows publishers to… Read More
Baker & Taylor and ebrary announce licensing partnership to launch first phase of integrated digital media distribution platform - March 11, 2009
Information services company Baker & Taylor, Inc., US, has launched the first phase of its integrated digital media distribution platform through a strategic worldwide licensing partnership with US-based e-book technology firm ebrary. The partnership enables Baker & Taylor to develop its own… Read More
