Spurring Social Users to Search
(emarketer.com): Social media marketing relies on sophisticated forms of word-of-mouth, a medium highly trusted by most consumers. But even social media users prefer face-to-face communication to give and receive information about products and services. A survey conducted by BIGresearch for the Retail Advertising & Marketing Association (RAMA) found that in-person… Read More
“E-book ISBN Mess Needs Sorting Out,” Say UK Publishers
(publishingperspectives.com): Publishers around the globe are taking different approaches to assigning ISBNs to e-books, that is if they are assigning them at all. The situation is like it was back in the 1960s, in the pre-ISBN days of printed books: a bit of a mess. Recently, a group of publishers… Read More
Behind The Scenes Of Apple’s iPad Launch
(forbes.com): In the run-up to the April 3 launch of Apple's iPad tablet computer, all appears calm. But behind the veil that obscures all Apple product debuts, the company is making last-minute changes to its book-selling categories and its process for certifying iPhone applications to work on the new, larger… Read More
New look makes ICIS pricing reports even easier to use
(icis.com): Over the next few months, ICIS pricing will be enhancing the appearance and functionality of the weekly reports. The reports will be easier to read, with a new design and a wider range of supporting graphics. Subscribers will see improved visual clarity in the European reports, followed by Asia… Read More
Libraries lead the e-book revolution
(homepagedaily.com): Far from sidelining academic and special collections, the digital libraries of the future make easy and free access to print-libraries even more of a priority: there is no way of predicting the price tag for that rare thesis or out-of-print title in its downloadable form. This is an issue… Read More
Geek the Library week
(worldcat.org): Geek the Library Week is designed as a celebration, but it also highlights the Geek the Library message about the challenging funding issues many U.S. public libraries face. From California to Massachusetts, countless libraries are struggling with difficult budget decisions. If there was ever a time to speak out… Read More
Scholar Reveals Peer Review as Potemkin Credential
(lonestartimes.com): The peer review process has been the crutch of invincibility relied upon by researchers, grant writers and carbon trading shysters for years now. Berkowitz exposes the sham that is peer review in the academy and why it could not withstand the scrutiny of sustained challenges by professionals and an… Read More
300,000 members on ResearchGATE
(researchgate.net): ResearchGATE announces the 300,000th researcher to its scientific network. The 300,000th User is a researcher from China conducting research in Cancer Biology. As ResearchGATE continues to evolve, it looks forward to innovating science and growing this community together. Read More
Bookless libraries increase accessibility
Cushing Academy in Massachusetts gained national attention in September when it announced plans to replace its collection of more than 20,000 books with a massive electronic database. Carnegie Mellon has for years already been building its own “bookless library”: “For the nearly 15 years I’ve been in the Carnegie Mellon… Read More
Put all the results out in the open
Researchers, government and society benefit when research is made freely available, so the sooner it is mandated, the better. Impact is certainly having an impact and could be measured in the amount of hot air generated. Looking at it dispassionately, one can see both sides of an argument that is… Read More
