Hart Energy Publishing acquires Rextag Strategies - October 26, 2010
Energy publisher Hart Energy Publishing, US, has acquired Rextag Strategies, a mapping and GIS (geographic information system) database services company, in an all-cash deal. Both firms are privately held and terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Rextag acquisition adds to… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - October 26, 2010
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-books to garner 10 percent market in 3 years, says Kelkoo study - October 25, 2010
Retail research company Kelkoo UK has predicted that the e-book market will experience accelerated growth over the next three years, when e-books could account for 10 percent of all books sold. E-readers are also predicted to experience significant growth with a total of 1.3 million units… Read More
PA releases statement on e-lending in public libraries - October 25, 2010
Richard Mollet, Chief Executive of the Publishers Association (PA), has released a statement on the PA's position on e-lending in public libraries. According to the statement, Faber CEO Stephen Page's speech at the CILIP PLA conference outlined the close and supportive partnership between publishers and libraries,… Read More
Library of the University of Konstanz selects Serials Solutions’ Summon Service, 360 Link and 360 Counter - October 25, 2010
Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of tools and services for libraries and a business unit of ProQuest LLC, has announced that the Library of the University of Konstanz has chosen to adopt the Summon web-scale discovery service, 360 Link and 360 Counter. The Library of the… Read More
Springer set to publish official journal of the Chinese Meteorological Society - October 25, 2010
STM publisher Springer has announced that it will publish the official journal of the Chinese Meteorological Society, Acta Meteorologica Sinica, starting January 2011. The peer-reviewed journal joins Springer's Chinese Library of Science, a collection of more than 90 high-quality Chinese research journals. Founded in 1987, Acta… Read More
