Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 11, 2010
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Does Rejecting Papers Amount to More Than Just a Transaction Cost?); Chris Meadows (Do most e-reader owners not actually use them?); Stevan Harnad (Cornell, Arxiv and Institutional vs. Central Repositories); and David Crotty (Ouroboros and Peer Review: New… Read More
Knowledgespeak Exclusive: Day 3 of Frankfurt Book Fair sees product launches, presentations - October 8, 2010
On Friday, the third day of the Frankfurt Book Fair, scientific and medical publisher Karger announced a new online product, Pharma Collection, that aims to meet the needs and requirements of the pharmaceutical industry. It offers users the ability to create their own customised collection from… Read More
Knowledgespeak exclusive: Libraries under pressure to serve more demanding sets of patrons, says Marty Kahn - October 8, 2010
STM industry news service Knowledgespeak interviewed Marty Kahn, CEO, ProQuest, LLC, on Wednesday, as part of the on-site interviews series it is conducting at the Frankfurt Book Fair. When asked about how external challenges such as library budget constraints and new technologies… Read More
Knowledgespeak continues its Interviews series at the Frankfurt book fair, this time with William Park, CEO, DeepDyve - October 8, 2010
Knowledgespeak interviewed William Park, Chief Executive Officer, DeepDyve, on October 6, Wednesday, at the Frankfurt book fair. Through the course of the interview, William shared with us several interesting insights. When asked about his opinion on the main access problems faced by the researching population, William… Read More
Search tools take center stage on Day 2 of the Frankfurt Book Fair - October 8, 2010
On the second day of the Frankfurt Book Fair Infotrieve launched MobileLibrary, which allows users from anywhere to access all enterprise licensed e-content and document repositories. Using MobileLibrary, users can seamlessly switch from their iPad to PC or Mac, while automatically synching the user's workplace. Cosis.net,… Read More
New Outsell research looks at how mobile e-reading is changing the consumer magazine marketplace - October 8, 2010
Research and advisory firm Outsell, Inc., US, has released a new research that examines how mobile devices are rewriting the consumer magazine landscape. Outsell studied nearly 400 consumers who own a smartphone and/or an e-reader, along with 200 consumer advertisers, and focused on a variety… Read More
