Thomson Innovation enhances intellectual property research, includes full-text patent coverage from Australia - June 18, 2013
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the addition of full-text patent records from the patent office of IP Australia to Thomson Innovation, a patent intelligence and collaboration platform. Thomson Innovation now includes full-text Australian innovation (petty) patents and granted patents,… Read More
LBF, UK PA and British Council boost LBF Korea Market Focus 2014’s profile at Seoul Book Fair - June 17, 2013
The London Book Fair, British Council and the UK Publishers Association are participating in Seoul Book Fair 2013 in advance of Korea being the Market Focus country at the LBF 2014, scheduled for April 8-10. During Seoul Book Fair, the LBF Market Focus team, in association… Read More
Taylor & Francis’ new White Paper on facilitating discovery of free online content - June 13, 2013
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis recently conducted research via focus groups, telephone interviews and a survey (eliciting over 500 responses) to explore librarians' opinions on the availability and usefulness of free online resources. The results are now being released in the form of a White Paper.… Read More
ARL workshop to focus on using LibQUAL+ effectively and strategically - June 13, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) will offer a workshop about acting on LibQUAL+ survey results, led by Martha Kyrillidou, ARL director of statistics and service quality programs; Lisa Hinchliffe, professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Raynna Bowlby, ARL consultant. 'Using LibQUAL+® Effectively… Read More
PubMatic announces 50 data parameters to increase publishers’ ad qualification score - June 13, 2013
PubMatic, the digital media platform company for publishers, has announced the general availability of a significant platform upgrade focused on data enrichment and cross-device integration. Launched in April, this upgrade identifies devices and layers on more than 30 third-party parameters and up to 20 first-party parameters.… Read More
Use of social media in academia growing significantly year on year, says new survey - June 10, 2013
A new survey of colleges across Scotland shows that social media, and particularly YouTube, has firmly entered the learning environment as teaching and learning tools, with its use growing significantly year on year. In the 2012 ETNA (Enhanced Training Needs Analysis) survey, carried out by the Read More
