Impelsys and DataLore Inc. partner to offer branded eBookstores to schools and colleges in the Caribbean - April 16, 2013
Electronic content delivery solutions provider Impelsys, US, has entered into a partnership with DataLore Inc. in which the two companies will work together to offer branded eBookstores to schools and colleges located throughout the Caribbean region. The partners are currently developing a new eBook platform… Read More
ProQuest to demo cloud-based collaboration platform for research materials - April 12, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that it will demo its new RefWorks Flow, a cloud-based collaboration platform for research materials, at the UKSG and Association of College and Research Libraries conferences. Attendees at the conferences can expect to get a look at… Read More
The Virtual Library of Virginia and the Washington Research Library Consortium sign eBook deal with Springer - April 11, 2013
STM publisher Springer has signed a major deal with the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) and the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC). The agreement gives students and researchers from across more than 80 campuses access to Springer eBook content. With the completion of this deal,… Read More
Elsevier acquires Mendeley - April 10, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the acquisition of Mendeley, a London-based company that operates a global research management and collaboration platform. Researchers worldwide use Mendeley's desktop and cloud-based tools to manage and annotate documents, create citations and bibliographies, collaborate on research… Read More
BISG study reveals correlation between genre preference and reading device selection - April 8, 2013
Multi-function tablets have become consumers' preferred e-reading devices, overtaking dedicated e-readers for the first time, according to the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)'s Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading survey. The survey is an ongoing study conducted with book research firm Bowker. Results from the first… Read More
NPG set to launch Scientific Data to aid scientists publish and reuse research data - April 5, 2013
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced the Spring 2014 launch of Scientific Data. Open for submissions this autumn, Scientific Data is a new open-access, online-only platform for the publication of descriptions of scientifically valuable datasets. Scientific Data will initially focus on experimental datasets… Read More
