Credo Reference adds four key reference titles from Zed Books - June 22, 2010
Online reference library Credo Reference has signed an agreement to integrate four key reference books from Zed Books into the Credo General Reference collection. These are the first titles from Zed Books to be made available on Credo. Zed Books has published more than 1,000 titles… Read More
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak now available - June 22, 2010
Knowledgespeak subscribers, on the move, can now access quality STM News of their choice any time any where with the all new SCOOPE service. SCOOPE is the only mobile application that allows subscribers to customise content. Advantage of SCOOPE - Newsletters are now downloadable into local memory and read at… Read More
Roberta Shaffer named new ICSTI President - June 21, 2010
The International Council for Scientific & Technical Information (ICSTI) has announced the appointment of Roberta Shaffer, The Law Librarian of the Library of Congress, USA, as the Council's new President. R.Sivadas, CEO of Scope e-Knowledge Center (Publishers of Knowledgespeak), will take charge as the new Vice… Read More
ARCL journal report identifies top 10 academic library trends - June 21, 2010
The June issue of the Association of College and Research Libraries' (ACRL) College & Research Libraries News comprises a literature review performed by members of the ACRL Research Planning and Review committee. The committee has identified the '2010 Top Ten Trends in Academic Libraries.' The ACRL… Read More
Google may launch one-click payment system for news content by year-end - June 21, 2010
Internet search services provider Google Inc is reportedly set to launch a paid content system for publishers, which it is calling Newspass. According to a report in an Italian newspaper, La Repubblica, Google is reaching out to publishers to get them to sign up for the… Read More
Tablets to outsell netbooks by 2012, says Forrester report on US PC market - June 21, 2010
Independent research company Forrester Research, US, has released a report titled 'The US Consumer PC Market In 2015.' Fuelled by a growing interest in tablet computers, nearly half a billion PCs will be sold to consumers in the US between now and 2015, according to the… Read More
