CHOICE deems ebrary’s Academic Complete e-book database ‘Highly Recommended’ - October 11, 2010
Digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, has announced that CHOICE has acknowledged its flagship Academic Complete e-book subscription database as 'highly recommended' to lower level undergraduate students and above. CHOICE is a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the… Read More
Knowledgespeak Exclusive - October 11, 2010
An interview with Tim Collins, President, EBSCO Publishing Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 11, 2010
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Does Rejecting Papers Amount to More Than Just a Transaction Cost?); Chris Meadows (Do most e-reader owners not actually use them?); Stevan Harnad (Cornell, Arxiv and Institutional vs. Central Repositories); and David Crotty (Ouroboros and Peer Review: New… Read More
Knowledgespeak Exclusive: Day 3 of Frankfurt Book Fair sees product launches, presentations - October 8, 2010
On Friday, the third day of the Frankfurt Book Fair, scientific and medical publisher Karger announced a new online product, Pharma Collection, that aims to meet the needs and requirements of the pharmaceutical industry. It offers users the ability to create their own customised collection from… Read More
Knowledgespeak exclusive: Libraries under pressure to serve more demanding sets of patrons, says Marty Kahn - October 8, 2010
STM industry news service Knowledgespeak interviewed Marty Kahn, CEO, ProQuest, LLC, on Wednesday, as part of the on-site interviews series it is conducting at the Frankfurt Book Fair. When asked about how external challenges such as library budget constraints and new technologies… Read More
Knowledgespeak continues its Interviews series at the Frankfurt book fair, this time with William Park, CEO, DeepDyve - October 8, 2010
Knowledgespeak interviewed William Park, Chief Executive Officer, DeepDyve, on October 6, Wednesday, at the Frankfurt book fair. Through the course of the interview, William shared with us several interesting insights. When asked about his opinion on the main access problems faced by the researching population, William… Read More
