ARL and Ithaka S+R report on sustainability of digitised special collections - February 22, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Ithaka S+R have released a report on findings from an ARL-Ithaka S+R survey of ARL libraries on the range of activities and expenses that libraries undertake to support their digitised special collections. The report, titled 'Appraising our Digital Investment:… Read More
China, Korea outpace other BRICK nations in research, says Thomson Reuters report - February 21, 2013
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has published a report titled 'Building Bricks: Exploring the Global Research Impact of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Korea'. The report tracks global research publications, R&D spend and patent filings over a 10-year period to gauge benchmarks… Read More
SAGE to study library value in the developing world - February 20, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE is conducting a research study to investigate library value in the developing world. The project, 'Library Value in the Developing World' will investigate the value of academic libraries for teaching and research staff at twelve institutions selected from countries classified by the World… Read More
OCLC Research-RLUK survey examines special collections practices in UK and Ireland - February 14, 2013
OCLC Research and RLUK have collaborated to survey the special collections practices of RLUK members and OCLC Research Library Partnership institutions in the UK and Ireland. The findings from this survey as well as the resulting recommendations have just been published in a report "Survey of… Read More
JISC-funded research creates toolkit for greener teaching and learning in HE sector - January 31, 2013
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has funded a study by the Open University (OU) - the SusTEACH project – which has found that teaching models in higher education (HE) institutions are still not green enough. Institutions are urged to look beyond greening campus buildings… Read More
ARL releases pre-publication version of an article on The State of Large-Publisher Bundles in 2012 - January 24, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released a pre-publication version of an article on 'The State of Large-Publisher Bundles in 2012,' which will be featured in the forthcoming Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 282 (Spring 2013). In this article, authors Karla Strieb and Julia Blixrud… Read More
India witnessing ‘brain gain’ rather than ‘brain drain’, says Elsevier study - January 7, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier has said that, according to its recent analysis, India has a 0.6 percent net inflow of scientists. It also said that the incoming scientists and short-term visiting (or transitory) scientists are significantly more productive than scientists who remain in India and scientists that… Read More
Nature publishes survey result on researchers’ attitudes towards lab safety - January 4, 2013
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has conducted an international survey of researchers' attitudes towards laboratory safety. Early results are reported in this week's issue of Nature, and the UC Center for Laboratory Safety is analysing the data further for future publication. The survey was commissioned… Read More
Thomson Reuters study reports surge in Middle Eastern trademarks - December 31, 2012
Thomson CompuMark, a Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property & Science business and global player in trademark searching and brand protection solutions, recently released the results of its study of Middle Eastern trademarks. The findings, which are featured in the Thomson Reuters report, “Trademarks in the Middle East:… Read More
New Pew Internet report on ebook readers, devices and awareness of ebook services in US public libraries - December 28, 2012
The Pew Internet has released a report titled 'E-book Reading Jumps; Print Book Reading Declines.' The population of e-book readers is growing. In the past year, the number of those who read e-books increased from 16 percent of all Americans ages 16 and older to… Read More
