Global sales in the medical publishing market fell 2.4 percent in 2012, says Simba report - September 5, 2013
Media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information has released a report, according to which, global sales in the medical publishing market fell 2.4 percent to $10.1 billion in 2012. The report, Global Medical Publishing 2013-2014, found that the worldwide recession had a broad impact on the… Read More
ARL publishes Digital Image Collections and Services, SPEC Kit 335 - August 27, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Digital Image Collections and Services, SPEC Kit 335, which examines how research libraries and their parent institutions have responded to the transition from analog to digital images and the growth of digital images available from commercial vendors and/or… Read More
OA to research publications reaching ‘tipping point’, says new European Commission study - August 22, 2013
A new study, funded by the European Commission, has confirmed the global shift towards making research findings available free of charge for readers. This new research suggests that open access is reaching the tipping point, with around 50 percent of scientific papers published in 2011 now… Read More
KLAS report rates Wolters Kluwer Health’s Sentri7 clinical decision support tool highest in pharmacy surveillance - August 19, 2013
Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that a recent KLAS report found the Sentri7 real-time clinical decision support tool to be the highest-rated pharmacy surveillance product. CDS Surveillance 2013: Impacting Outcomes also reported 92 percent of customers who bought Sentri7 would… Read More
IFLA Trend Report to redefine the boundaries of privacy and data protection - August 19, 2013
The IFLA Trend Report, scheduled for launch on August 19 in Singapore during the World Library & Information Congress, (Session 93: Plenary session), looks closely at changes to the boundaries of privacy and data protection in the evolving information environment. The IFLA Trend Report explores… Read More
Social Media and Archives report details habits and preferences of archival researchers - August 19, 2013
Social Media and Archives: A Survey of Archive Users details findings from a survey of users of archives to learn more about how researchers find out about systems like ArchiveGrid, and the role that social media, recommendations, reviews, and other forms of user-contributed annotation play in archival research. Written by… Read More
New SAGE report focuses on Library Value in the Developing World - August 16, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE recently released a report on Library Value in the Developing World. According to the report, raising awareness of how the library supports teaching and research staff is key to demonstrating librarian value in developing countries. The findings are the result of a six-month… Read More
Thomson Reuters’ new industry forum whitepaper on unlocking the value of research data - August 14, 2013
The volume of scholarly and scientific research data available is projected to grow by a factor of 44 over the decade from 2010 to 2020, going from 0.8 zetabytes (ZB) to more than 35 ZB (1 ZB = 1 trillion gigabytes). In response to this unfathomable amount of information, the… Read More
New study explores effects of review setting on scientific peer review - August 12, 2013
Research findings recently published in PLOS ONE report that the setting in which a scientific peer review panel evaluates grant applications does not necessarily impact the outcome of the review process. However, the research found that the average amount of discussion panelists engage in during the… Read More
ARL publishes Research Data Management Services, SPEC Kit 334 - August 6, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Research Data Management Services, SPEC Kit 334, which surveys ARL member libraries on their activities related to access, management, and archiving of research data at their institutions. The survey explores the organisation of research data management services… Read More
