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
Australasian universities welcome Springer Book Archives - April 5, 2013
STM publisher Springer has announced that it will offer online access to 100,000 eBooks with historic content through its Springer Book Archives (SBA), available anywhere, at any time, via SpringerLink by the end of 2013. As early adopters, Australasian universities were some… Read More
McGraw-Hill Professional and IHS partner to deliver critical engineering content to professionals worldwide - April 4, 2013
Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, has signed an exclusive agreement with IHS, the premier source of insight and information to professionals in the field. As part of the agreement, IHS will provide McGraw-Hill Professional's innovative AccessEngineering platform as part of its suite… Read More
SAE International launches database on alternative fuels - April 4, 2013
Engineers and technical experts association SAE International has launched the 'SAE Global Technology Library-Alternative Fuels' packed with more than 3,100 technical papers, 60 technical standards and six e-books. The searchable online database seeks to enable mobility engineering professionals to stay up-to-date and compete in a… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health and Wiley expand partnership for content on Ovid - April 3, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced an extension of its long-term partnership with publisher John Wiley & Sons to provide more than 460 premier journals on the Ovid medical research platform. The new agreement includes the addition of Early… Read More
