MarkLogic appoints John Shap as Executive VP of WorldWide Sales - December 7, 2011
Data analytics products firm MarkLogic Corporation, US, has announced the appointment of John Shap as the company's executive vice president of worldwide sales. In his new role, Shap will oversee MarkLogic's global sales strategy and demand generation. Shap brings more than 25 years experience leading… Read More
Elsevier launches Procedures Consult app for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch - December 6, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its new Procedures Consult App for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch is now available on the App Store. The app allows for procedure videos, illustrations and text to be stored on a user's iOS device with customised user interfaces.… Read More
German publishers, authors participate in Spanish book fair in Mexico - December 6, 2011
Germany reportedly celebrated success as the guest of honour at the 25th Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) in Mexico. The Spanish-language book fair was attended by more than 650,000 visitors and 1,935 publishers from 43 countries, including Spain, the US and France. About 2,500 visitors… Read More
Citation rate for Chinese science papers goes up, says report - December 5, 2011
The Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China recently released its annual report, ‘Statistical Data of Chinese (Science & Technology) Papers 2011’. According to the report, about one-tenth of the science and technology papers included in the Science Citation Index came from China in 2010.… Read More
SPARC and ACRL to co-host panel discussion on getting the rights right - December 5, 2011
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) will co-host a timely panel discussion on ‘Getting the rights right for the future of scholarly communication’ at the upcoming meeting of the American Library… Read More
Reprints Desk announces public availability of journal article web app, Bibliogo - December 5, 2011
Reprints Desk, Inc., a Derycz Scientific company, has announced the public availability of Bibliogo, the journal article web app that helps users do more with scientific papers. Bibliogo, available in free and paid versions, is built to scale using Google App Engine and is a productivity… Read More
