Publishers increasingly concerned about ebook quality, says new DCL and Bowker survey on digital publishing industry trends - August 1, 2014
Publishers are increasingly concerned with quality as they move towards digital productions, according to a new survey on trends in the digital publishing industry. Of the respondents, 84 percent are planning to publish digitally in 2014 (an increase of 21 percent over the prior year), and 52 percent of respondents… Read More
IFLA launches 2014 eLending Background Paper - July 31, 2014
The eLending environment for libraries around the world continues to change at a rapid pace. In 2012, IFLA released its Background Paper on eLending, which formed the basis for the production of the IFLA Principles for Library eLending, the third revision of which was issued at… Read More
MarketResearchReports.Biz adds Global Medical Publishing Market 2014-2018 report to its offering - July 30, 2014
MarketResearchReports.Biz has announced the addition of a new market research report 'Global Medical Publishing Market 2014-2018: Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends And Forecast' to its collection of research reports. According to the report, Global Medical Publishing market will decline at a CAGR of 0.56… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education Professional’s new off-line mobile app delivers instant access to essential diagnostic tools - July 30, 2014
McGraw-Hill Education Professional, a global provider of content and services for the science, technical, and medical communities, has announced the launch of the AccessMedicine App, the first off-line mobile application of the world-renowned medical education platform. A key feature of the new AccessMedicine App, available… Read More
Baker & Taylor announces integration of Axis 360 digital media platform with Boopsie mobile library apps - July 30, 2014
Baker & Taylor, a worldwide distributor of digital and print books, has integrated its Axis 360 digital media platform with Boopsie, a mobile app platform-as-a-service provider for libraries worldwide. For Axis 360-enabled libraries that use a library-branded app created by Boopsie to enable mobile access… Read More
Open access articles have more views and downloads, reveals Nature Communications data - July 30, 2014
An independent statistical analysis of the articles published in Nature Communications, carried out by the Research Information Network (RIN), has found that open access (OA) articles are viewed three times more often than articles that are only available to subscribers. RIN also… Read More
