Semantico’s SAMS e-commerce to help publishers drive sales - September 15, 2010
Online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd., UK, has announced the release of an e-commerce component for the Semantico Access Management System (SAMS). With library budgets under pressure, selling access directly to students and researchers is becoming an increasingly important business model. The SAMS e-commerce component allows… Read More
University of Liverpool selects EBSCO Discovery Service - September 15, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that University of Liverpool has selected EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) as its discovery solution. The university was looking to offer a search tool that would take its users from their initial search to relevant results via… Read More
Apple announces availability of iPad Wi-Fi models in China - September 15, 2010
Apple Inc., a US-based multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers, has announced that the Wi-Fi models of its iPad will be available to customers in China from Apple Retail Stores, and select Apple authorised resellers, beginning September 17. iPad… Read More
Biology Direct launches new online submission system - September 15, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its journal Biology Direct - which operates a novel scheme of open peer review - has launched a new online submission system to make submission to the journal considerably more straightforward. Manuscripts published in the journal appear… Read More
Czech data protection authority halts Google’s Street View data collection - September 15, 2010
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has announced that the Czech Republic's data protection authority has refused to allow further picture collection for Google's Street View map service. The data office, which already rejected a similar request from Google in December 2009, said it would… Read More
Allen Press opts for Quark XML Author to automate scholarly journals publishing - September 15, 2010
Print and publishing services provider Allen Press, US, has chosen to integrate Quark, Inc.'s Quark XML Author into its publishing workflow in order to further automate its publishing processes and create competitive advantages for its publishers. Quark XML Author is an XML… Read More
