Brazil and India set for greatest growth in e-book purchase, says Bowker research - March 28, 2012
Australia, India, the UK and the US are leading the world in e-book adoption rates, according to Bowker Market Research's Global eBook Monitor. The study tracks consumer attitudes to, and purchasing of, e-books in major world markets. Bowker Market Research is a service of Bowker, an… Read More
Swets names Ryoji Fukada as Chairman Swets Japan - March 28, 2012
Information services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that Ryoji Fukada has joined the company as Chairman for their Japanese Office. Fukada brings a wealth of experience with him; covering 37 years in the international publishing sector, including pioneering Elsevier's Science Direct product into the Japanese… Read More
Students, faculty get free access to enterprise version of MarkLogic 5 server - March 28, 2012
Data analytics products firm MarkLogic Corporation, has announced the new free MarkLogic Academic License for students and educators. With this, students and faculty can download a free, enterprise version of MarkLogic 5 server for academic projects. By learning how to leverage technology for Big Data, it… Read More
Publishing Technology, GSE launch resource for digital academic publishing - March 27, 2012
Publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology plc, UK, and newly established online scholarly publisher GSE Research have announced the launch of GSE Research Online, a resource that seeks to define the new age of digital academic publishing. GSE Research’s portal is claimed to be a… Read More
Blackboard Inc. launches Open Source Services Group - March 27, 2012
Enterprise technology and innovative solutions provider Blackboard Inc, US, has announced the launch of Blackboard Education Open Source Services, a new effort to support clients using open source education technologies. With the announcement, the company will continue to focus on its flagship Blackboard Learn platform as… Read More
RSC Publishing and SureChem partnership enables researchers to easily find chemistry data across journals and patents - March 27, 2012
RSC Publishing, the scientific publishing arm of the UK's Royal Society of Chemistry, has announced a new partnership with SureChem. SureChem offers a suite of patent chemistry data solutions developed and operated by Digital Science, a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd. … Read More
