ARL’ new series of invited reports to address emerging roles for research libraries - October 27, 2009
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is initiating a new series of invited reports addressing emerging roles for research libraries. The New Roles for New Times series will begin publication with five reports in 2010. The reports will identify and outline emerging roles for research library… Read More
Libraries shifting spending from content to technology, says Outsell report - October 20, 2009
Media industry-focused research and advisory firm Outsell, Inc., US, has released the second annual ‘Library Market Size, Share & Forecast Report’. The report shows that libraries are shifting from content spending to technology spending - digitising collections, acquiring native digital content, and developing digital storage and… Read More
STM releases new report on scientific and scholarly journal publishing - October 16, 2009
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has published ‘The STM Report: An overview of scientific and scholarly journal publishing’, a follow-up to the 2006 report, ‘Scientific publishing in transition: an overview of current developments’. ‘The STM Report’ is updated and released once… Read More
ALPSP releases first findings from Scholarly Book Publishing Practice Survey - October 14, 2009
The Association of Learning and Professional Society Publishing (ALPSP) has released first findings from the Scholarly Book Publishing Practice Survey undertaken by Laura Cox of Frontline GMS and John Cox of John Cox Associates. During summer 2009, a survey was conducted of 400 publishers known to… Read More
RIN-OCLC study to identify researchers’ needs - October 12, 2009
The Research Information Network (RIN) and OCLC Research are undertaking a comparative study to investigate information-related support services for researchers in the UK and the US. This collaborative research project will be composed of two separate, but linked, analyses. It will examine information-related support services throughout… Read More
‘Big deals’ overtaking single subscriptions, says ALPSP survey of librarians - October 9, 2009
The Association of Learning and Professional Society Publishing (ALPSP) has announced that, according to its recent survey of librarians, the average number of journals being made available by libraries more than doubled between 2000 and 2009. However, librarians are predicting that they will provide access to… Read More
India’s scientific research output rising substantially, says report - October 8, 2009
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has released a study, according to which India's research productivity will be on par with most G8 nations within 7-8 years and could overtake them between 2015 and 2020. The study is part of a new series of Global Research… Read More
JISC, SCONUL, UCISA report on impact of recession on library and IT services - October 6, 2009
The UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) and Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (UCISA) have commissioned a report on academic library and IT services. The report shows how academic library and IT services are budgeting for today’s… Read More
US content management market poised for explosive growth by 2014, says report - October 1, 2009
Knowledge economy research and advisory firm Basex, US, has released The Definitive Guide to Today's Content Management Systems and Vendors, a new 150-page report series. According to the report, the advent of open source software has significantly changed the process of selecting a content management solution.… Read More
Survey on the impact of digitisation on book publishing - September 30, 2009
The Frankfurt Book Fair and German trade magazine Buchreport in cooperation with Publishers Weekly, a publication serving all segments of the US book industry, have released the results of a survey on the impact of digitisation on book publishing. The survey received responses from 840 publishers… Read More
