JISC announces support for govt. recommendations for peer review process changes - August 2, 2011
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced its support for the recently recommended improvements to the way scientific papers are checked before they are published, calling for the peer review process to be more transparent. The recommendations came out of a House of… Read More
Android tablets to surpass iPad sales by 2016, estimates Informa Research - August 1, 2011
Informa Research Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Informa plc, has predicted that tablet computers running Google's Android software will compete with Apple's iPad and surpass it in 2016. According to Informa, Apple's current 75 percent market share is expected to fall to… Read More
Association of Research Libraries releases ARL Profiles: Research Libraries 2010 report - July 22, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced the publication of ARL Profiles: Research Libraries 2010, a report that includes a thorough content analysis of narrative descriptions of research libraries at the end of the first decade of the 21st century. The profile analysis has engaged… Read More
News segment fell 6 percent in 2010 publishing market, says Outsell report - July 20, 2011
Research and advisory firm Outsell, Inc., US, has released a new report that seeks to offer an in-depth view of the news providers and publishers marketplace. Outsell has sized this market at $93.8 billion in 2010, down 6 percent from 2009, marking the largest segment decrease… Read More
Outsell report examines market size and future of global book market - July 15, 2011
Research and advisory firm Outsell, Inc., US, has released a new report that seeks to offer a global view of the entire book market. The report, titled 'Worldwide e-books market size and forecast report, 2009-2012,' defines the worldwide print book and e-book market, subdivided into three… Read More
CCIA releases economic study with value of exceptions to copyright law - July 13, 2011
The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) has released an economic study that calculates the value of industries that depend on exceptions to copyright law. The 2011 study, 'Fair Use in the US Economy,' commissioned by the Computer & Communications Industry Association, incorporates data from 2008… Read More
Media Tablet sales in first quarter below expectations, says IDC - July 11, 2011
Worldwide media tablet shipments into sales channels fell by 28 percent on a sequential basis in the first calendar quarter of 2011 (1Q11) to 7.2 million units worldwide, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Media Tablet and eReader Tracker. Looking forward, however, IDC… Read More
2010 among most challenging year for US book industry, says annual review - July 7, 2011
Bibliographic information provider Bowker, a business unit of ProQuest, and industry trade magazine Publishers Weekly have released the 2010-11 US Book Consumer Demographics and Buying Behaviors Annual Review. The review is projected as the publishing industry's only complete consumer-based report integrating channel, motivation and category analysis… Read More
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
