Americans unwilling to pay for reading news content online, says Adweek/Harris poll - May 2, 2011
Market research firm Harris Interactive and Adweek, a news source covering the intersection of advertising, media, marketing and technology, recently conducted a survey to assess consumer reactions for charging for access to online content that was previously free. The Adweek/Harris poll found that a large… Read More
National Library of Medicine presents new five-year contracts to eight institutions to serve as Regional Medical Libraries - May 2, 2011
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded new five-year contracts to eight institutions to serve as Regional Medical Libraries (RMLs) in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM). The NN/LM consists of the eight competitively selected… Read More
Accelrys announces 2011 North American User Group Meeting - May 2, 2011
Scientific informatics software and services company Accelrys, Inc., US, has announced that its annual North American User Group Meeting (UGM) will be held from May 17- 19 at the Hyatt Regency in Jersey City, N.J. The User Group Meeting offers attendees a forum for discussing industry… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 2, 2011
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (Reflections on Google Book Search: You Can't Put the Google Back Into the Bottle); Dave Dickson (New paper: Digital Publishing – A Brave New (Metrics-driven) World); Phil Richerme (Open Access to Scientific Knowledge); Phil Davis (The P-Word: Is… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - May 2, 2011
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available via our new beta application, SCOOPE STM Mobile. Subscribers on the move can now gain easy access to Knowledgespeak through a reader-friendly mobile phone interface. This application is uniquely available in two versions:… Read More
Gates Foundation to make $20 million investments to support new learning tools - April 29, 2011
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a suite of investments, totalling more than $20 million. The investments are reportedly focused on identifying and expanding promising cutting-edge learning resources that support teachers and students and bring innovative new instructional approaches into America's classrooms. The… Read More
