OCLC Research and RLUK to gather data on special collections in research libraries in the UK and Ireland - July 1, 2011
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, and Research Libraries UK are working together on a project to gather data on special collections in research libraries in the UK and Ireland. The project is similar to a project conducted by OCLC Research in 2009 that gathered data… Read More
Location key to future of outsourced data storage and cloud services, says Gartner report - June 29, 2011
Technology research firm Gartner, Inc., US, has released a special report titled 'Greening the Cloud: Location is Critical for the Sustainable Future of Outsourced Data Storage and Services.' According to the report, cloud computing services are touted as 'greener' than owning and running in-house technology infrastructure,… Read More
Gartner special report examines means to gain value from ‘big data’ - June 28, 2011
Technology research firm Gartner, Inc., US, has released a special report titled "Pattern-Based Strategy: Getting Value from Big Data". The report provides links to numerous reports that examine key issues related to managing 'big data', a popular term used to acknowledge the exponential growth, availability and… Read More
Asia leads research output in materials science, says Thomson Reuters study - June 28, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has released a study according to which, the volume of research papers published in the field of materials science is currently being driven by Asia and in particular China. China has overtaken the US and Japan to become the largest… Read More
Thomson Reuters’ Academic Reputation Survey for 2011 generates highest-ever global response rate - June 23, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the completion of its Academic Reputation Survey for 2011, achieving more than 17,500 responses from professional scholars in 137 countries. The survey claims to be the largest of its kind ever undertaken by Thomson Reuters and continues to… Read More
Publishing Research Consortium report on current journal article mining trend - June 21, 2011
The Publishing Research Consortium (PRC) has published its latest research report titled 'Journal Article Mining - A research study into Practices, Policies, Plans..... and Promises.' The research was carried out at the beginning of 2011 by Eefke Smit and Maurits van der Graaf in the form… Read More
Publishing majors show increased revenues in 2010; sales of top 20 reach Euro 42 billion - June 20, 2011
Publishing revenues in 2010 have overtaken the total revenues for 2008 and 2009, according to the annual ranking of global publishing performance, compiled on behalf of Livres Hebdo, Buchreport, Publishers Weekly and The Bookseller. Sales of the top 10 publishers are now at €31 billion, having… Read More
‘Library Journal’, Bowker to launch online quarterly on library patron behaviour - June 17, 2011
Bibliographic information provider Bowker, a business unit of ProQuest, has formed a partnership with Library Journal to publish Patron Profiles, a new online quarterly featuring research on public library patron behaviour. The aim is to share expertise and present timely, accurate and ongoing information through the… Read More
Ithaka S+R report examines funding practices to provide insight on post-grant sustainability for digital resources - June 15, 2011
Ithaka S+R, funded by the JISC-led Strategic Content Alliance (SCA), has released a new report titled 'Funding for Sustainability: How Funders' Practices Influence the Future of Digital Resources.' The report is based on interviews with representatives from more than 25 funding bodies in Europe and North… Read More
Open access journals showing rapid growth with advent of web, says study - June 14, 2011
A study published in PLoS ONE, a peer-reviewed online publication of open access (OA) publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS), reports on the rapid growth of OA publishing since the start of the World Wide Web. The study was conducted by a team of researchers from… Read More
