E-Readers Will Take Centerstage If Prices Drop, Yet Publishers Still Have Two Left Feet
(scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org): A new survey from the Boston Consulting Group, covered well at Goodnight, Gutenberg, shows that consumers are aware of e-readers, interested in multi-purpose e-reading devices, and planning to buy one in the next three years, but prices have to come down to around $200 first. Instead of changing things… Read More
We need to protect blue-sky research
(newscientist.com): Many academic scientists also feel uncomfortable about justifying their research efforts beyond publishing in good journals and speaking at international conferences. Surely the judgement of your academic peers is enough, they argue, without also trying to drive the UK's economic recovery? And anyway, they warn, monitoring and collecting information… Read More
Stanford University prepares for ‘bookless library’
Stanford University is moving toward the creation of its first "bookless library." Box by box, decades of past scholarship are being packed up and emptied from two old libraries, Physics and Engineering, to make way for the future: a smaller but more efficient and largely electronic library that can accommodate… Read More
Why Science Journals Need to Move to Online Only Publishing
The glamour mags, such as Science and Nature, first implemented supplemental methods. Given their severe page limitations, they began moving methods sections to online-only supplements. Then they, and other journals, rather than either editing articles to shorter lengths or changing their publication format to meet scientific needs, began adding results… Read More
Ebrary Seeks Pilot Customers for Corporate DASH!
(bradenton.com): Studies show that employees spend a significant portion of their time searching for information within their organization, resulting in a loss of productivity that can impact profitability. To address this issue, ebrary®, a leading provider of digital content products and technologies, is developing DASH! (Data Sharing, Fast), a new… Read More
Can Social Networks Be Generated Automatically?
(technologyreview.in): When Google launched Buzz, a microblogging social network, several months ago, the company boasted that the network had been generated automatically, by algorithms that could connect users to each other based on communications revealed through Gmail and other services. However, many users balked at having what they perceived as… Read More
Financial Conflict of Interest Notice of Proposed Rule Making
(nih.gov): Partnerships between NIH-funded researchers and industry are often essential to the process of moving discoveries from the bench to the bedside. However, managing Financial Conflicts of Interest (FCOI) can be a major challenge because of the complex relationships among government, academia, and industry. A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which… Read More
New role created to improve training in science journalism
(journalism.co.uk): The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) is recruiting for a new position to coordinate science journalism training, as part of a series of steps to improve the quality of journalism in this field. The new national coordinator for science journalism training will assess the existing state of science journalism training… Read More
Reigniting the Content Economy at Buying & Selling eContent
(econtentmag.com): While certain segments of the economy are rebounding, the content industry has continued to struggle to get back on its feet. With that in mind, many of the top executives from companies across the content spectrum gathered on April 18-20 at the 11th annual Buying & Selling eContent conference… Read More
MSU survey looks at viability of e-books
(statenews.com): When students begin hunting for the cheapest textbooks this fall, they might see a list of available electronic books, or e-books, on MSU’s website as a result of a study currently being conducted at MSU. The campuswide student survey, which is part of MSU’s Environmental Stewardship Initiative and is… Read More
