Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 7, 2011
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Will Reference Books and Journals Survive? A Debate); Steve Smith (Top 5 App Tips for Magazine Publishers); petermr (Bibliographic Data is Open!); Joseph Esposito (The Bigger Deal: One Scenario for How the Library Funding Crisis Will Play Out);… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - February 7, 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
E-book, online strategies help professional publishing revenues rebound, says Simba report - February 4, 2011
Professional books, still a foundational reference source for most working professionals, grew 1.1 percent to $13.9 billion in 2010, an initial step toward a full recovery. Media and publishing forecast firm Simba Information's latest report, Global Professional Publishing 2009-2010, details the resilience of professional books through… Read More
IOP Publishing launches video abstracts in New Journal of Physics - February 4, 2011
The New Journal of Physics (NJP) has announced the launch of video abstracts as a new integrated content stream. The new feature is expected to give all authors the opportunity to go beyond the constraints of the written article to personally present the importance of their work to the journal's… Read More
Geek the Library campaign seen to increase library visibility in pilot communities - February 4, 2011
Geek the Library, a community awareness campaign, has positively changed community perceptions about libraries in a pilot, according to a new OCLC membership report. The campaign is designed to highlight the value of public libraries and inform the public about critical library… Read More
Serials Solutions and ARTstor partner to enable rapid discovery of images from ARTstor Digital Library - February 4, 2011
Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of tools and services for libraries and a business unit of ProQuest LLC, has announced an agreement with ARTstor to enable the discovery of its visual materials collections from the Summon web-scale discovery service. ARTstor Digital Library provides more than one… Read More
