3M Library Systems to launch e-book lending service at ALA Annual Conference - May 23, 2011
Library solutions provider 3M Library Systems is set to launch its 3M Cloud Library e-book lending service at the ALA Annual Conference, scheduled for June 23-28, 2011 in New Orleans. Random House and IPG are among the first publishers to partner with the company for the… Read More
European cloud provision way forward, says JISC executive secretary - May 20, 2011
JISC's executive secretary recently called for more join-up across Europe to ensure researchers and other network users get the most from cloud computing. Speaking at a research networking conference in Europe, Dr Malcolm Read said that a federation of clouds for education and research could be… Read More
STM applauds Spanish government efforts to improve Spanish science - May 20, 2011
The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) has welcomed the balanced legislation in the new Spanish Science Law. The Plenary of the House of Representatives adopted the Law on Science, Technology and Innovation by 289 votes in favour, 3 against and no… Read More
Kindle books sales overtake print book sales at Amazon.com - May 20, 2011
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has announced that it is now selling more Kindle e-books than print books. Amazon began selling hardcover and paperback books in July 1995. Twelve years later, in November 2007, it introduced the Kindle and began selling e-books. By July… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry adds RDF functionality to ChemSpider database - May 20, 2011
The Royal Society of Chemistry's chemical database ChemSpider has added RDF functionality to its interface, in collaboration with the University of Southampton's School of Chemistry. The availability of RDF is said to allow the database records to be found and understood by semantic web tools. This… Read More
Springer in deal with Dai Nippon Printing for POD solutions in Japan - May 20, 2011
STM publisher Springer has announced an agreement with Japan-based Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP). Under the deal, DNP will provide single-copy minimum print-on-demand (POD) solutions for Springer titles delivered to the Japanese market. DNP will also handle the delivery logistics to local distributors, libraries and… Read More
