Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 23, 2011
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joe Wikert (What Will the Kindle Platform Look Like in 2012?); MG Siegler (What Happens When It's Google/Android Vs. Amazon/Android?); Mike Shatzkin (eBook sales comparisons to print aren't always what they seem); Kent Anderson (As Book Warehouses Vanish, Is It… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - May 23, 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
Google halts News Archive Project, ProQuest offers support for similar projects - May 23, 2011
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has stopped digitising old newspapers under its Google News Archive project, according to media reports. In its comment on the move, information technologies provider ProQuest, US, noted that it had been pleased to partner with… Read More
Springer and TEMIS extend partnership on semantic analysis of scientific content - May 23, 2011
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media and US-based text analytics solutions provider TEMIS have agreed on a broad extension of their strategic collaboration on semantic enrichment and linking of content for the SpringerLink platform. SpringerLink claims to be one of the world's largest… Read More
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
