Knowledgespeak Exclusive: Day 3 of Frankfurt Book Fair sees product launches, presentations - October 8, 2010
On Friday, the third day of the Frankfurt Book Fair, scientific and medical publisher Karger announced a new online product, Pharma Collection, that aims to meet the needs and requirements of the pharmaceutical industry. It offers users the ability to create their own customised collection from… Read More
Knowledgespeak exclusive: Libraries under pressure to serve more demanding sets of patrons, says Marty Kahn - October 8, 2010
STM industry news service Knowledgespeak interviewed Marty Kahn, CEO, ProQuest, LLC, on Wednesday, as part of the on-site interviews series it is conducting at the Frankfurt Book Fair. When asked about how external challenges such as library budget constraints and new technologies… Read More
Knowledgespeak continues its Interviews series at the Frankfurt book fair, this time with William Park, CEO, DeepDyve - October 8, 2010
Knowledgespeak interviewed William Park, Chief Executive Officer, DeepDyve, on October 6, Wednesday, at the Frankfurt book fair. Through the course of the interview, William shared with us several interesting insights. When asked about his opinion on the main access problems faced by the researching population, William… Read More
Search tools take center stage on Day 2 of the Frankfurt Book Fair - October 8, 2010
On the second day of the Frankfurt Book Fair Infotrieve launched MobileLibrary, which allows users from anywhere to access all enterprise licensed e-content and document repositories. Using MobileLibrary, users can seamlessly switch from their iPad to PC or Mac, while automatically synching the user's workplace. Cosis.net,… Read More
Knowledgespeak completes first on-site interview at the Frankfurt Book Fair - October 7, 2010
STM industry news service Knowledgespeak interviewed Andrew Richardson, Managing Director Europe, WK Health Medical Research, on Wednesday, as part of the on-site interviews series it is conducting at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Andrew shared a number of insights through the course of the interview. When asked… Read More
Frankfurt Book Fair begins - October 6, 2010
The 62nd annual Frankfurt Book Fair kicked off on Wednesday. According to fair director Jürgen Boos, more than 7,500 exhibitors from 111 countries are expected this year, posting a three-percent increase over the previous year. A new feature of the 2010 Frankfurt Book Fair is its… Read More
Cadmus Communications announces speakers for 2010 Executive Management Retreat - October 6, 2010
Content management and production services provider Cadmus Communications, US, a Cenveo company, has announced an all-star line-up of expert speakers for their 2010 Executive Management Retreat as part of the Cadmus Institute educational initiative. The invitation only retreat will be held October 26-27 in Baltimore, Maryland.… Read More
OA advocate Harold Varmus to keynote Open Access Week kick-off event - October 5, 2010
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that leading international researchers will champion the importance of Open Access for advancing research at an online event to launch this year's Open Access Week (October 18 - 24, 2010). Nobel Prize-winning scientist and Director of… Read More
Frankfurt Book Fair announces selected events for STM publishers - October 4, 2010
The Frankfurt Book Fair, a subsidiary of the German Publishers & Booksellers Association, has announced that STM, academic publishing and specialist information companies will be exhibiting at the fair, between October 6-10. Selected events for STM publishers at the fair include Hot… Read More
Online Information 2010 conference programme announced - September 30, 2010
Incisive Media, the UK-based organiser of the 2010 Online Information conference, has announced that the theme for this year's event will be 'Discover new ways of working in the linked and social web'. The event is scheduled from November 30 - December… Read More
