Woodhead Publishing and Asia Information Services announce exclusive 3 year e-deal - April 16, 2012
Scientific and technical publisher Woodhead Publishing Limited, UK, and Asia Information Services (AIS), a Hong Kong-based distributor of books and e-content, have announced an exclusive 3 year e-deal. Under the deal, AIS will distribute WP's online platform, Woodhead Publishing Online (WPO), in the Chinese mainland market.… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing and Paths International announce exclusive books partnership - April 16, 2012
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing, UK, has announced an exclusive books partnership with Paths International to bring knowledge from China to scholars around the world. As part of this agreement, Emerald will distribute Paths's collection of books written in China and make them available to international… Read More
MarkLogic Webinar to discuss how search and Big Data can be leveraged for data analysis and delivery - April 16, 2012
Enterprise software firm MarkLogic Corporation, US, will host a free webinar 'The Top 3 Ways to Uncover Value in Your Big Data' on April 17, 2012, at 8:00 a.m. (PT)/11:00 a.m. (ET). The webinar will look at how Big Data Search can simplify operations by… Read More
OverDrive to preview library eBook data at London Book Fair - April 16, 2012
OverDrive, a digital distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, and other digital content, will announce the first of a series of 'Big Data' reports analysing billions of eBook impressions and other data collected from across its network of 18,000 public and school libraries at the ongoing London Book… Read More
IMLS revamps Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills initiative web page - April 16, 2012
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has revamped its Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills initiative web page. Museums and libraries visiting the page will now be able to access practitioner videos, a PowerPoint presentation, an updated resource list, and a toolkit that will… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 16, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Dan Scott (The system of subscription publishing is unsustainable: we need a 'mega-journal' with low article processing fees and peer review); Stephen Curry (Science must be liberated from the paywalls of publishers); Michael Cairns (Going Digital Doesn't Mean Lower Prices);… Read More
