Latest PA figures reveal digital innovation driving publisher revenues - May 11, 2015
Figures recently released by The Publishers Association reveal the UK publishing industry to be maintaining its strength, diversity and innovation. Overall book and academic journal sales remain steady at £4.3billion with digital revenues growing to 35 percent of the overall total. Export sales now account for… Read More
UpToDate supports quick and accurate decision support for diagnosis and treatment - May 7, 2015
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer has announced that in a survey of nearly 16,000 clinicians who use UpToDate®, 94 percent confirmed that use of the clinical decision support resource improves the quality of care they provide. Additionally, by the end of 2014, UpToDate users in more… Read More
CCC named one of ‘10 to Watch’ in Outsell’s 2015 Open Access Market Report - May 6, 2015
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organization, has been named one of '10 to Watch' in Outsell, Inc.'s 'Open Access 2015: Market Size, Share, Forecast, and Trends' report. In its report, Outsell defines the market, estimates its growth and identifies… Read More
USTR’s 2015 Special 301 Report highlights key IP issues, misses out on importance of copyright concerns in Canada - May 4, 2015
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has applauded the release of the US Trade Representative (USTR) 2015 Special 301 Report, identifying many key copyright concerns and market-access barriers in U.S. trading partners. However, AAP is disappointed that the 2015 Report again fails to identify as a… Read More
Elsevier provides free online access to disaster and international health information in Nepal - May 4, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier is providing free access to its primary online clinical information tool, ClinicalKey, and to more than 90 publications through the NIH's Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) to support the health and disaster professionals responding to the Nepal earthquake. ClinicalKey provides evidence-based clinical answers… Read More
Max Planck Digital Library study calculates redeployment of funds in Open Access - April 30, 2015
The Max Planck Digital Library has put forward a study on the transformation of the subscription-driven system for scientific publications to an Open Access model. For the first time, quantitative parameters are presented showing that the liberation of scholarly literature is possible at no extra costs.… Read More
