ALA’s Office for Information Technology policy brief examines influence of mobile devices on library services - June 17, 2010
The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) has published a brief discussing how mobile devices are affecting library services. The policy brief is titled 'There's an App for That! Libraries and Mobile Technology: An Introduction to Public Policy Considerations.' Authored by OITP… Read More
OCLC-RIN report examines information tools used by researchers - June 17, 2010
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, and the UK's Research Information Network (RIN) have released a report titled 'A Slice of Research Life: Information Support for Research in the United States'. According to the report, relationships between researchers and traditional library and university support for research… Read More
AIP and Chinese Physical Society announce content-sharing agreement - June 17, 2010
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has announced a new content-sharing agreement between AIP's physics magazine, Physics Today, and Wuli, a leading physics monthly published by the Chinese Physical Society in Beijing. Under the agreement, which will expire after one year, Wuli editors will translate and… Read More
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses now available to IOPscience extra customers in beta release - June 17, 2010
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced that IOPscience extra subscribers can now search for ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT) from the IOPscience website platform. According to the publisher, it is for the first time that physics-related graduate works are being made… Read More
New PLoS Journals iPad application now available - June 17, 2010
Open access publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS) has released an iPad app that covers all PLoS Journals. The new PLoS iPad app is available for free from the App Store. PLoS claims to be one of the first academic journal publishers to offer an iPad… Read More
Wiley in dialogues with Bloomberg authors on contracts - June 17, 2010
Over the past week, a public dialogue has reportedly ensued about publisher John Wiley & Sons' communications with the group of 117 authors joining the company from Bloomberg. This follows Wiley's acquisition of the rights to all formerly Bloomberg book titles on March 11. After an… Read More
