Asia-Pacific improves global share of published scientific articles, says Thomson Reuters - September 13, 2010
Researchers at institutes and universities in many Western countries worry about budget pressures, while scientists in several Asian countries are reportedly translating huge R&D investments into impressive gains in research output. According to the Thomson Reuters National Science Indicators, the Asia-Pacific region improved its global share… Read More
RIN report looks at trends in the finances of UK higher education libraries from 1999-2009 - September 13, 2010
The UK's Research Information Network (RIN) has released a briefing paper that looks at how the financial position of libraries in the higher education sector has changed over the period between 1999 and 2009 (the latest year for which statistics are available). It is based on… Read More
OCLC adds more content from H.W. Wilson to WorldCat Local - September 13, 2010
Library cooperative OCLC has announced that it will make more content accessible through the WorldCat Local service with popular databases from H.W. Wilson. The WorldCat Local service delivers resources of local libraries and libraries around the world through a single search box. Twenty-nine H.W. Wilson databases… Read More
EBSCO unveils serials price projections for 2011 - September 13, 2010
Information services provider EBSCO, US, has released serials price projections for 2011. The company uses recent information received from both large and small publishers as well as historical price data to calculate these projections. While the projections are based on careful analysis, it is recommended that… Read More
Really Strategies celebrates 10 years in business serving publishers - September 13, 2010
Content management consulting and solutions provider Really Strategies, Inc., US, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary in business serving the publishing and technical publishing industries. Really Strategies was founded in 2000 by former Reed Elsevier executives Barry Bealer and Lisa Bos. The shift in strategy to also… Read More
Japanese researchers develop technology to scan a book in one minute - September 13, 2010
A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Information Science and Technology have reportedly developed a technology to scan a book as fast as a person can flip through it. According to Yoshihiro Watanabe, who leads the research team, a prototype ultra-speed… Read More
