New FECYT study calls on Spanish scientific journals to raise professional standards in order to compete - April 28, 2011
The Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) has released a study which shows a lack of standardisation in the peer review systems whereby independent experts assess the content of scientific publications published in Spain. This results in a low level of international competitiveness among these… Read More
ACM-NSF report examines ways to enhance community college computing courses - April 26, 2011
The US' National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) have released a report titled 'Digitally Enhancing America's Community Colleges' that details the findings from a joint Strategic Summit on Computing Education Challenges at Community Colleges. The report seeks… Read More
ARL calls for proposals for 2012 SPEC survey topics - April 26, 2011
The Association for Research Libraries (ARL) is seeking proposals for 2012 SPEC survey topics. For more than 35 years, ARL has gathered and disseminated data through the SPEC survey programme to assist libraries in the continuous improvement of their management systems. Proposals for topics for the… Read More
‘Nature’ series moots reforms in awarding of science PhDs - April 25, 2011
A multipart series in the scientific journal Nature has reportedly stated that the system of awarding science PhDs needs to be either reformed or shut down. According to the article, the world is awash in PhDs. Most of them are being awarded… Read More
Apple iPad dominated media tablet market in 2010 - April 22, 2011
Apple’s iPad commanded 85 percent of the market for media tablets in 2010, according to full-year figures reported by market intelligence company ABI Research. According to senior practice director Jeff Orr, device categories including netbooks and mobile broadband-enabled eBook Readers showed gains in year-over-year shipment numbers… Read More
Professional and scholarly books hold 75.9 percent of the US e-book market, says Simba report - April 21, 2011
Media industry and forecast analysis firm Simba Information, US, has released a new report titled ‘Professional Publishing in the Digital Age: E-Books in Libraries.’ Although consumer trade books get a majority of the attention, professional and scholarly books, which include the legal, scientific/technical, medical and business… Read More
STM welcomes new RIN report debating the future of scholarly communication - April 15, 2011
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has welcomed the publication of the RIN report 'Heading for the open road: costs and benefits of transitions in scholarly communications.' Commissioned by the Research Information Network (RIN), the Publishing Research Consortium, the Wellcome Trust,… Read More
Apple iOS to dominate media tablet market through 2015, says Gartner report - April 13, 2011
Technology research services firm Gartner, Inc., US, has released a report titled ‘Forecast: Media Tablets by Open Operating System, Worldwide, 2008-2015.’ According to the report, despite mounting competition from other operating systems (OSs), Apple’s iOS will continue to own the majority of the worldwide media tablet… Read More
JISC welcomes new report investigating costs and benefits of transitions in scholarly communications - April 11, 2011
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has welcomed the 'Heading for the open road: costs and benefits for transitions in scholarly communications report', which adds to the growing knowledge into the different publishing models for UK research. JISC co-funded the report with the Research… Read More
New report investigates costs and benefits of transitions in scholarly communications - April 8, 2011
The Research Information Network (RIN), Research Libraries UK (RLUK), the Wellcome Trust, the Publishing Research Consortium (PRC) and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), have announced the publication of the report 'Heading for the open road: costs and benefits of transitions in scholarly communications'. This new… Read More
