Five Jisc member universities purchase Arkivum data archiving service via Janet Data Archive Framework Agreement - May 8, 2014
Jisc, together with Arkivum Ltd, has announced that five of its member universities, Queens University Belfast, Gonville & Caius, UCL, and the universities of Leeds and York, have purchased the Arkivum data archiving service via the Janet Data Archive Framework Agreement which was announced January 14,… Read More
More than a third of contributors in Books In Print have an ISNI, reveals new Bowker analysis - May 8, 2014
A new analysis of Bowker® Books In Print shows that a full 33 percent of its contributors have the ISO-certified International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) connected with their names and in use in the database. ISNI was created just over two years ago and has topped… Read More
AAP welcomes USTR 2014 Special 301 Report - May 2, 2014
The Association of American Publishers, the largest trade association representing the US book and journal publishing industry, has welcomed the release of the US Trade Representative (USTR) 2014 Special 301 Report and the countries listed. AAP expresses concern, however, that the harm stemming from Canada's undefined… Read More
Thomson Reuters study suggests global imbalance in diabetes research funding - April 24, 2014
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has released an analysis revealing the top 35 global funders of diabetes research based on funding acknowledgments in academic papers indexed within the Thomson Reuters Web of Science, the premier scientific search and discovery platform and industry’s… Read More
CULC/CBUC releases up-to-date white paper on eBooks and Canadian public libraries - April 24, 2014
The Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC/CBUC) has released an up-to-date white paper on eBooks and Canadian public libraries. Written by Christina de Castell (Vancouver Public Library) this updates the White Paper that was originally published by CULC/CBUC in August 2011. The new paper is entitled “
Research and Markets adds Global Scientific and Technical Publishing 2013-2014 report to their offering - April 21, 2014
Market research and data services provider Research and Markets, Ireland, has announced the addition of the "Global Scientific and Technical Publishing 2013-2014" report to their offering. The Global Scientific and Technical Publishing 2013-2014 report provides detailed market information for scientific and… Read More
Thomson Reuters names 2014 Drugs to Watch - April 17, 2014
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has released its annual forecast of the drugs to watch in 2014, including three potential blockbuster treatments anticipated to attain more than $1 billion in sales through 2019, after entering the marketplace this year. The study… Read More
Thomson Reuters releases The Research and Innovation Performance of the G20 report - April 11, 2014
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has released The Research and Innovation Performance of the G20, a report that mines scientific research and patent information across the G20 for insights into the global strategies of the world's leading economies. The study, which… Read More
Updated white paper for publishers ‘Selling to Academic and Corporate Libraries in Latin America’ now available for download - April 1, 2014
Publishers attempting to sell to Latin American libraries face very different challenges to those selling within Europe and North America. These emerging markets require different sales and marketing techniques in order to be successful. An updated white paper for publishers entitled, "Selling to Academic and Corporate Libraries in Latin America,"… Read More
Australia continues to perform strongly in earth and environmental sciences - March 31, 2014
Australia retained the third place in the Asia-Pacific region, with its greatest strengths still in earth and environmental sciences, according to the Nature Publishing Index 2013 Asia-Pacific released as a supplement to Nature. The country improved its NPI score by almost every measure, with the… Read More
