Rise in digital textbooks sales to overhaul publishing processes, says Xplana study - April 20, 2010
Educational software and consulting services provider Xplana, US, has released a study titled ‘Digital Textbook Sales in US Higher Education – A Five-Year Projection’. According to the study, more than 18 percent of new textbook revenue in the higher education and career education markets will come… Read More
Rider Research report examines impact of iPad on digital media industry - April 16, 2010
Rider Research, US, has released a new 19-page research paper that seeks to analyse how the iPad alters the media and publishing industries. According to the report, the iPad is causing the entertainment, publishing and information industries to undergo a radical paradigm shift in their methods… Read More
Traditional US book production sees flat growth in 2009, says Bowker report - April 15, 2010
Bibliographic information provider Bowker, US, a business unit of ProQuest, has released statistics on US book publishing for 2009, compiled from its Books In Print database. Based on preliminary figures from publishers in the nation, Bowker is projecting that traditional US title output in 2009 was… Read More
Thomson Reuters study examines research scenario in the African continent - April 14, 2010
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has released a study according to which South Africa is the outstanding research leader on the African continent. It has by far the greatest research output of any country, well ahead of Egypt in second place and Nigeria in third.… Read More
American libraries drawing more users but lesser funds, says ALA report - April 13, 2010
The American Library Association (ALA) has released the 2010 State of America’s Libraries report, which suggests that Americans have turned to their libraries in larger numbers in recent years. Since the recession took hold in December 2007, the local library, a traditional source of free access… Read More
Ithaka survey examines faculty attitudes towards academic libraries - April 9, 2010
Ithaka S+R, the strategy and research arm of Ithaka, has released the results from its fourth faculty survey in the past decade. The survey examines changes in faculty attitudes towards the academic library, information resources and the scholarly communications system as a whole. In a published… Read More
Research and Markets adds Scholarly Book Publishing Practice Report 2010 to their offering - April 5, 2010
Market research and data services provider Research and Markets, Ireland, has announced the addition of the ‘Scholarly Book Publishing Practice Report 2010’ report to their offering. This is the first survey undertaken to establish current practices in scholarly book and e-book publishing, to provide detailed analysis… Read More
Outsell/Springer report examines ROI metrics for STM content in e-formats - March 30, 2010
STM publisher Springer, Germany, recently commissioned a report from US-based research and advisory firm Outsell. The report, titled ‘Establishing Value and ROI: Investing in STM E-Journals and E-Books’ , seeks to provide guidance for information managers looking to establish the value proposition… Read More
One-third of Americans use public library for Net access, says study - March 29, 2010
Nearly one-third of Americans aged 14 and above – roughly 77 million people – used a public library computer or wireless network to access the Internet in the past year, according to a recently released national report. The report, Opportunity for All: How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access… Read More
OCLC’ new report suggests strategies to mitigate risks facing research libraries - March 26, 2010
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has released a new report titled ‘Research Libraries, Risk and Systemic Change’. The report provides an overview of the most significant risks facing research libraries and suggests strategies to mitigate them. OCLC Research engaged an organisation experienced in conducting risk… Read More
