SAGE journals to be available in mobile-optimised format - June 2, 2011
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that their entire collection of online journal sites will soon be available in a mobile-optimised format, taking advantage of the HighWire Mobile Web interface. Readers visiting a SAGE journal site on their iPhone, Android or other smartphone device will automatically be… Read More
Tablet devices, software vendors to unveil products at Taipei Computex event - May 31, 2011
PC makers are expected to unveil new models at the Computex trade show in Taipei, to be held from May 31-June 4, 2011, according to a Bloomberg report. This will reportedly put to test the efforts of US-based Internet search services provider Read More
Sheridan introduces suite of mobile products to serve mobile content delivery needs within publishing community - May 30, 2011
The Sheridan Technology Lab, a division of The Sheridan Group, US, has introduced a suite of mobile products developed to serve the diverse and growing mobile content delivery needs within the publishing community. The Sheridan Mobile Application Suite includes Sheridan Mobile Alerts, Sheridan Mobile Full-Text,… Read More
Unbound Medicine extends Unbound Platform with multi-dimensional iPad solution - May 25, 2011
Unbound Medicine, a US-based provider of knowledge management solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced the extension of the Unbound Platform with multi-dimensional capabilities for Apple's iPad. This latest platform enhancement delivers in one application instant lookup of trusted content, powerful content personalisation, push communications alerts,… Read More
Google sees substantial rise in number of free titles in electronic bookstore - May 24, 2011
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has announced that its eBooks electronic bookstore now contains about 3 million free titles. This is up from 2 million during its launch in December 2010. The books can be read in the free Google Books Web Reader, through… Read More
New American Chemical Society videos focus on DOE quest for new energy sources - May 24, 2011
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has released two new videos that illustrate how the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Frontier Research Centers are speeding the development of critically-needed new sources of energy by linking top scientists in multiple disciplines. The ACS Voices of… Read More
European cloud provision way forward, says JISC executive secretary - May 20, 2011
JISC's executive secretary recently called for more join-up across Europe to ensure researchers and other network users get the most from cloud computing. Speaking at a research networking conference in Europe, Dr Malcolm Read said that a federation of clouds for education and research could be… Read More
Kindle books sales overtake print book sales at Amazon.com - May 20, 2011
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has announced that it is now selling more Kindle e-books than print books. Amazon began selling hardcover and paperback books in July 1995. Twelve years later, in November 2007, it introduced the Kindle and began selling e-books. By July… Read More
Anesthesia & Analgesia launch new HighWire Mobile and CME sites - May 19, 2011
HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University libraries, and the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) have launched a series of mobile sites for the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia. The journal is the official peer-reviewed medical journal of the IARS, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.… Read More
Elsevier launches Apps for Library Idea challenge - May 17, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of the SciVerse Applications Apps for Library Idea Challenge. The international competition encourages librarians and information professionals to conceptualise solutions to the challenges that they and their constituents face in addressing the search and discovery of information. … Read More
