SAGE announces new research study to investigate library value - January 23, 2012
Academic and professional publisher SAGE has commissioned a new research study to investigate library value. The project, 'Working together: evolving value for academic libraries,’ will investigate the value of academic libraries for teaching and research staff. The research is being undertaken by LISU, a national… Read More
ebrary unveils mobile app to access content from multiple sources - January 23, 2012
E-books and research technology provider ebrary, US, a ProQuest business, has released the 2011 Global Student E-book Survey, according to which the demand for e-book accessibility, especially on mobile devices, is growing significantly. Sixty percent of respondents indicated that downloading e-books onto… Read More
IEEE announces new mobile application for global power and energy industry - January 20, 2012
Technical professional association IEEE, US, has announced that the new IEEE Standards Power and Energy Dictionary application, a dictionary of terms and definitions for professional experts and students in the power industry, is now accessible via Apple mobile devices. The IEEE Standards Power and Energy Dictionary… Read More
SpringerLink now offers over 50,000 eBooks - January 20, 2012
STM publisher Springer has announced that its online platform SpringerLink now offers more than 50,000 eBooks. SpringerLink provides electronic access to scientific and specialist journals, eBooks, book series and reference works. The publications cover topics from 12 subject collections such as mathematics, computer science, medicine, engineering,… Read More
Elsevier and Tsinghua University Department of Computer Science and Technology collaborate to introduce new research productivity solutions - January 19, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has collaborated with Tsinghua University Department of Computer Science and Technology in Beijing to introduce four new research productivity enhancing applications for SciVerse Applications. The applications – GeneTUKit, Company Search, Patent Search and Topic Cloud – seek to help researchers identify the… Read More
Springer Open Choice adopts Creative Commons Attribution license - January 19, 2012
STM publisher Springer has announced that it is bringing Open Choice, its hybrid open access option, in line with the fully open access journals published by BioMed Central and SpringerOpen. As a result, all open access content at Springer will be published under the Creative Commons… Read More
