Tablets Pave the Way Towards a Consumer Electronics Golden Age
(softpedia.com): The hype surrounding mobile electronics has already reached very high levels, and IT companies are quite eager to make the best of the rapid popularity rise that such things as tablets, smartphones and e-readers benefit from. Still, there are some entities on the IT market that don't just look… Read More
Some nutritionists may be turning to careers in medical ghostwriting or grantwriting
(allvoices.com): Numerous nutritionists including some in Sacramento, may be gently steering those in the field of nutrition journalism into medical ghostwriting stints. Or nutritionists may enter the field of grant writing. How would you like to ghostwrite freelance in the area of your interest specialty, for example nutrition and health?… Read More
BP locking in scientists, research to prep for lawsuits
(arstechnica.com): The scientific community has always had difficulty policing conflicts of interest, since financial interests and other exterior motivations have a very real potential to influence if and how scientific data gets reported. This issue has historically reared its ugly head in the biomedical community, where many researchers also consult… Read More
With U of Tennessee Rollout, OCLC’s Cloud-Based ILS Enters Early-Adoption Phase
(libraryjournal.com): Little more than a year ago, OCLC unveiled its ambitious cloud-computing-based integrated library system (ILS) project, Web-scale Management Services (WMS). That project has now moved into an early-implementation stage at a handful of libraries, including the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's (UTC) Lupton Library, marking the last major phase… Read More
Apple iPad Owners Outnumber Amazon Kindle’s: Analyst
(eprints.rclis.org): Apple iPad owners outnumber those of the Amazon Kindle’s, according to an analyst’s estimates. Amazon faces e-book pressures from not only Apple, but Google and other booksellers. Apple’s iPad has surpassed the estimated ownership base of the Amazon Kindle, according to a July 21 analyst report, and could exert… Read More
The eBook may not have the last word
(telegraph.co.uk): While the paper edition is still viable, there is no doubt that eBooks are on the march. Already, millions of people are reading them, whether through dedicated devices such as the Kindle (in the US), or Sony's Reader, or multi-purpose handhelds such as Apple's iPad. As the gadgets improve… Read More
As the E-Book World Blossoms, Is There Room for Both the iPad and the Kindle?
(emarketer.com): We all knew this day would come but it arrived sooner than some of us had expected. On July 19, Amazon announced it had sold more e-books than hardcover books over the past three months. Further, the growth rate in e-books accelerated during that time. In the month leading… Read More
Networking sites help align publishers with customers
(researchinformation.info): Over the past two decades the world of academic publishing has changed beyond all recognition. We’ve gone from a world dominated by the physical journal on library shelves, to a world where not only are the journal articles available on the web via subscription, but often for free in… Read More
Academic Fraud in China
(economist.com): CHINA’S president, Hu Jintao, speaks often and forcefully of the need to foster innovation. He makes a strong case: sustaining economic growth and competitiveness requires China to get beyond mere labour-driven manufacturing and into the knowledge-based business of discoveries, inventions and other advances. Yet doing so will be hard,… Read More
Why It Is Not Enough Just To Give Green OA Higher Weight Than Gold OA
(openaccess.eprints.org): MELIBEA's validator assesses OA policies using an algorithm that generates for each policy a one-dimensional measure, "OA%val," based on a number of weighted factors. In assigning weights to these factors it is it not just a matter of whether one puts a greater weight on green than on gold… Read More
