New Pew Internet report on ebook readers, devices and awareness of ebook services in US public libraries - December 28, 2012
The Pew Internet has released a report titled 'E-book Reading Jumps; Print Book Reading Declines.' The population of e-book readers is growing. In the past year, the number of those who read e-books increased from 16 percent of all Americans ages 16 and older to… Read More
ChemotherapyAdvisor.com launches free app for oncology healthcare providers - December 27, 2012
ChemotherapyAdvisor.com has announced the launch of a free app designed specifically for oncology healthcare providers. The app, available now from the iTunes App Store and Google Play, will help the oncology treatment team stay up-to-date with a more convenient way to access information on the latest… Read More
Free PLA webinar recording offers tools to build community e-book awareness - December 24, 2012
The Public Library Association (PLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has released the free archive recording of the 90-minute webinar, 'E-Book Action: Inform and Inspire Your Community.' Projected as an informative webinar, it is said to offer inspiring case studies and practical tips… Read More
European Commission launches open data portal in public beta - December 24, 2012
The European Commission has launched its open data portal, announced last year December, in public beta. While the site is already on-line, the EC has requested to not widely circulate the URL yet. The beta launch will be more widely announced in January 2013. At… Read More
Amazon Web Services unveils High Storage instances for data intensive applications - December 24, 2012
US-based Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, has announced High Storage instances, a new Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance family optimised for applications requiring fast access to large amounts of data. These new instances provide customers with 35 EC2 Compute Units (ECUs)… Read More
EU BON project to build European gateway for integrated biodiversity information - December 21, 2012
EU BON – 'Building the European Biodiversity Observation Network' – a EU-funded research project, has been started by 30 research institutions from 15 European countries, Brazil, Israel and the Philippines, and more than 30 associated partners on December 1. The €9 million project aims to… Read More
