Emerald adopts EPUB to augment mobile access to research - June 7, 2011
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, recently introduced the EPUB format to the download options of ebook series volumes from its website www.emeraldinsight.com. It is expected that the availability of the EPUB format will facilitate the access and dissemination of research… Read More
Goportis to hold summit on digital preservation in October - June 7, 2011
Goportis - Leibniz Library Network for Research Information is organising the Digital Preservation Summit from October 19-20, 2011, in Hamburg. An international group of practitioners of digital preservation will be coming together to discuss concrete solutions for their daily work and share… Read More
Unstructured data to drive Big Data explosion, says Unisphere survey - June 7, 2011
Unisphere Research, a division of Information Today, Inc., US, recently conducted a survey to look into the issues companies are having with unstructured data. The survey, sponsored by US-based information infrastructure software provider Mark Logic Corporation, is seen to confirm that unstructured information is growing at… Read More
ETH Zurich selects Ex Libris’ Rosetta digital preservation system - June 7, 2011
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that ETH-Bibliothek, the library of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), has selected the Rosetta digital preservation system to preserve, manage, and provide access to the Institute's digital collections in perpetuity. Based… Read More
Cengage Learning EMEA acquires Nelson Thornes’ Nursing & Allied Health list - June 7, 2011
Teaching, learning and research solutions provider Cengage Learning EMEA has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Nelson Thornes' Nursing & Allied Health list. Cengage Learning publishes under the imprints of Delmar, Wadsworth and Gale well known titles such as Gloria Pickar's Dosage Calculations, The… Read More
RSNA signs exclusive sales agreement with Globe Publications - June 7, 2011
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has signed an exclusive sales agreement with Globe Publication Pvt. Ltd., an India-based international subscription agency. Under the deal, Globe will now handle all journal subscriptions originating in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. It will act on… Read More
