UK libraries to step up e-book purchases, says NetLibrary survey - November 25, 2008
NetLibrary, the e-content division of OCLC, recently surveyed academic and public libraries on key issues in perceptions and usage of e-books currently and going forward within the UK. It was found that three-quarters of academic libraries and half of public libraries that responded intend to… Read More
ARL publishes survey of libraries’ effort to post manuscript information online - November 19, 2008
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Manuscript Collections on the Web, SPEC Kit 307, a survey of ARL libraries' current efforts to provide information about their manuscript collections online. There is growing demand from users, administrators and donors for web availability of manuscript… Read More
Report on journal purchasing practices of academic and research libraries released - November 13, 2008
Market research and data services provider Research and Markets, Ireland, has announced the release of the report, 'The Survey of Academic & Research Library Journal Purchasing Practices'. The report looks closely at the acquisition practices for scientific, technical and academic journals of academic and research libraries.… Read More
ARL releases Ithaka study report on current models of digital scholarly communication - November 12, 2008
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released the final report of "Current Models of Digital Scholarly Communication", a study that ARL commissioned Ithaka to conduct. The study, conducted by Nancy L. Maron and K. Kirby Smith, comes with the database of exemplars that it produced.… Read More
TechTarget, Google release report on online purchase patterns of IT professionals - October 24, 2008
Information technology media company TechTarget, Inc., US, has announced the completion of a joint research project with Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US. The study examined the online search behaviours of 2,200 enterprise IT professionals in North America, Europe and Asia when researching and purchasing… Read More
JISC report examines role and future of data scientists - October 23, 2008
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) recently published a report, according to which the future of data science should be organised and developed at international as well as institutional and discipline levels. The report, 'Skills, Role and Career Structure of Data Scientists and Curators -… Read More
Thomson Reuters survey analyses India’s rising scientific prominence - October 23, 2008
The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the results of a survey assessing India's growing scientific prominence. In the September/October issue of Science Watch, Thomson Reuters analyses data from its National Science Indicators and Essential Science Indicators to show India's steady increase in research… Read More
Research and Markets unveils report on cataloging practices of academic libraries - October 22, 2008
Market research and data services provider Research and Markets, Ireland, has announced the addition of the 'Academic Library Cataloging Practices Benchmarks' report to its offerings. The report presents data from a survey of the cataloging practices of about 80 North American academic libraries. In more than… Read More
Online bookselling, greatest development of past 60 years, says survey - October 15, 2008
The organisers of the Frankfurt Book Fair conducted a survey to find out how digitisation will influence the future of the publishing industry, and who will be the driving force behind it. More than 1,000 industry professionals from over 30 countries responded to the survey, issued… Read More
ALPSP releases third scholarly publishing practice survey on online journal publishing - October 15, 2008
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishing (ALPSP), the international trade association for scholarly and professional publishers, has released the third in a series of ALPSP surveys undertaken to establish current scholarly publishing practices and designed to track changes in policy and practice since 2000.… Read More
