Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 15, 2010
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Distribution Doesn’t Matter? Content Vessels Are Irrelevant? Device Makers and Broadband Providers Are Laughing All the Way to the Bank); Jay Lake (Publishing Books as licenses – print and ebooks both); Paul Biba (Why Are Scholarly Journals Costly… Read More
WK Health unveils Facts & Comparisons mobile web platform - February 12, 2010
Medical information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has released an iPhone/iPod touch optimised mobile website for its industry leading drug information reference, Facts & Comparisons eAnswers. The site, Facts & Comparisons Mobile, was developed in response to customer demand for convenient access to drug… Read More
Bowker releases new version of Syndetics – Syndetics Plus - February 12, 2010
Bibliographic information provider Bowker, US, a business unit of ProQuest, has released a new version of Syndetics, a resource valued by librarians for its ability to enhance the bibliographic content found in library online catalogues. The new Syndetics Plus combines more than 11 million content enrichment… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell and Australian Psychological Society announce publishing partnership - February 12, 2010
STM and scholarly publisher Wiley-Blackwell, US, has announced a publishing partnership with the Australian Psychological Society (APS). Under the deal, Wiley-Blackwell will publish three APS flagship journals – Australian Journal of Psychology, Australian Psychologist and Clinical Psychologist – from 2011. The partnership will bring a proactive… Read More
Baker & Taylor partners with EBSCO Publishing to make book and multimedia data available via EDS - February 12, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced a partnership with information services company Baker & Taylor, Inc., US. The new partnership will make rich book and multimedia data from Baker & Taylor available as part of EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). EBSCO’s discovery solution is… Read More
Data quality and methodology key concerns in higher education rankings, says Thomson Reuters study - February 12, 2010
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the results of a worldwide survey of opinion leaders at key research institutions. The survey report, New Outlooks on Institutional Profiles (http://science.thomsonreuters.com/m/pdfs/Global_Opinion_Survey.pdf), captures opinions from the global academic community on the most relevant indicators… Read More
