ARL calls for proposals for 2011 SPEC survey topics - April 27, 2010
The Association for Research Libraries (ARL) is seeking proposals for 2011 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
EU-funded research examines how pressure to publish impacts research quality - April 26, 2010
New EU-funded research, published in the journal Public Library of Science ONE, shows that the ever-growing pressure to produce publishable results can adversely impact the quality of scientific research. Support for the work came from the Objective Science ('Quantifying objectivity in the natural and social sciences')… Read More
OCLC reports analyse research data on digital information seekers - April 22, 2010
Library cooperative OCLC has announced that its Senior Research Scientist Dr. Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Post-Doctoral Researcher Dr. Timothy J. Dickey have published two reports in the context of the JISC-funded project, ‘Towards a Profile of the Researcher of Today: What Can We Learn from JISC… Read More
JISC Inform articles examine how colleges can enhance operations with technology - April 21, 2010
The latest issue of JISC Inform – which looks at how relationships with students, businesses and the public can be improved with digital tools – says universities and colleges can break down traditional barriers using new technology. The relationships are explored through a debate on whether… Read More
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
