ALPSP scholarly publishing practice survey on long-term digital preservation now available online - October 14, 2008
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), the international trade association for scholarly and professional publishers, recently undertook a survey of its members to enhance awareness of long-term digital preservation issues and to establish the nature and extent of strategies that they have planned.… Read More
JISC survey on how librarians view the future - October 13, 2008
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) recently published a survey of 300 key library and Learning Resource Centre (LRC) staff from 83 higher (HE) and 201 further education (FE) institutions across the UK. The annual survey conducted on behalf of JISC by the JISC Monitoring Unit… Read More
ETE publishes articles introducing epidemiology content from non-English languages - October 10, 2008
The journal Emerging Themes in Epidemiology (ETE) has recently published a series of articles aimed at introducing content from epidemiological and public health journals to the global community of epidemiologists in a variety of languages. The series, titled "Beyond English: Accessing… Read More
Current publication practices may distort science, say researchers - October 8, 2008
Open access journal PLoS Medicine has published a paper in its latest issue, according to which the current system of publishing medical and scientific research provides a distorted view of the reality of scientific data that are generated in the laboratory and clinic. In their paper,… Read More
Journal articles discuss importance of event knowledge to scientific community - October 1, 2008
Event archiving solutions provider Conference Archives, Inc. (CAI), US, has announced that commentary articles by CAI have been published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) and Learned Publishing. The articles discuss the importance of event knowledge - abstracts, posters, and rich media presentations… Read More
Outsell publishes report forecasting growth of information industry till 2011 - September 30, 2008
Media industry-focused research and advisory firm Outsell, Inc., US, has released a new report titled 2008 Information Industry Market Size, Share & Forecast Report. According to the report, revenues for the worldwide information industry are on track to reach $466 billion by 2011. Outsell forecasts a… Read More
Springer survey highlights research and academic usage of eBooks - September 26, 2008
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media, Germany, recently conducted a survey highlighting prominent research and academic usage of eBooks. The survey, conducted in conjunction with five leading academic institutions, aimed to better understand the adoption of eBooks, the use of eBooks, and user perception of eBook advantages… Read More
Side effects of surgery/medicine under-reported in ENT medical journals, says study - September 26, 2008
A new research presented at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in Chicago, revealed that harms and adverse events (untoward side effects of surgery or medicine) have been under-reported or poorly described at an alarming low rate by the publishing… Read More
Medical journals mount criticism on pharma industry influence on medicine - September 15, 2008
Articles and editorials in recent issues of US medical journals have been accusing the pharmaceutical industry of misleading the public, manipulating doctors and putting profits before patients. Physician groups medical schools and teaching hospitals are reportedly changing rules to limit the influence of pharmaceutical sales reps. Last month, three top… Read More
Electronic medium boosting growth of publishing industry, says GIA report - September 3, 2008
Off-the-shelf market research publisher Global Industry Analysts, Inc. (GIA), US, has published a report titled 'Publishing Industry: A Global Outlook'. The report provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs and summaries of research findings. It is seen to offer a condensed overview of the… Read More
