On the second day of the Frankfurt Book Fair, EDP Open, the Open access arm of EDP Sciences, released the results of a survey to appraise attitudes toward Open Access amongst learned society publishers. The survey was answered by 33 Learned societies and results were further supplemented by a focus group held at the annual UKSG meeting in April 2014.
Springer re-launched its SpringerMaterials Database at the Fair offering a new and improved functionality to include interactive tables and phase diagrams.
With the explosion of new platforms and mobile devices, students go through different ways of consuming data. With static content ceasing to be the preferred method, dynamic content rendering and adaptive design is becoming essential to provide a more personalised approach. To this end, SPI discussed digital strategy and the integrated approach at the Fair.
