SAGE publishes report following roundtable in association with the British Library - September 4, 2012
Academic and professional publisher SAGE convened a roundtable in association with the British Library into the role of the academic library in an open access (OA) future in April this year. Chaired by publishing consultant Simon Inger and attended by an international panel of 14 senior… Read More
E-readers may survive media tablet onslaught as niche play, says ABI Research report - August 31, 2012
ABI Research's Media Tablets Research Service has released a report titled 'eReaders and the Digital Publishing Market'. The growing popularity of media tablets along with declining US baby boomer population and lack of organised digital bookstores outside of the US and Western Europe will reduce the… Read More
SaaS used more for sensitive data than for mission-critical data, says Gartner survey - August 27, 2012
Gartner, a US-based information technology research and advisory company, has stated that avoiding the use of software as a service (SaaS) for critical or sensitive data remains a significant form of risk control for many organisations. But those that do use SaaS for such data are… Read More
E-Book user base expands to 24.5 percent of adult population, says Simba report - August 23, 2012
Media forecast and research firm Simba Information, US, has published an addendum to its recently released Trade E-Book Publishing 2012 report. In addition to showing an updated list of e-book hardware trends, the data indicates that about 24.5 percent of US adults consider themselves to be… Read More
Worldwide application development software market to reach $9 billion in 2012: Gartner - August 22, 2012
Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, has announced that the worldwide application development (AD) software market is expected to reach more than $9 billion in 2012, an increase of 1.8 percent over 2011. In Australia, spending on AD software is expected to reach A$153.4… Read More
OCLC survey among British, German and Dutch librarians shows changing priorities - August 20, 2012
A survey conducted by OCLC earlier this year among librarians from the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands shows that practitioners expect library usage to change considerably. About three quarters expected a rise in online visits within the next year, and two-thirds of those who responded… Read More
New report analyses results from InformationWeek’s 2012 Cloud Security and Risk survey - August 17, 2012
InformationWeek Reports, a service provider for peer-based IT research and analysis, has announced the release of its latest research report titled 'Cloud Security: Verify, Don't Trust.' The report analyses results from InformationWeek's 2012 Cloud Security and Risk survey. More than 360 business technology professionals responded to… Read More
American Library Association releases ‘Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries’ report - August 9, 2012
The American Library Association (ALA) has released 'Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries (PDF),' a report that describes general features and attributes of the current e-book environment and outlines constraints and restrictions of current business models. The report, which was created by the ALA Digital Content… Read More
E-book consumers are becoming more diverse in their format preferences, says BISG Study - August 1, 2012
E-book consumers are becoming more diverse in their format preferences, says the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)'s closely-watched Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading report. The third installment in Volume Three of this Bowker-powered study shows that the percentage of e-book consumers who exclusively or mostly purchase… Read More
Multi-author surge driven by international interest in high-energy physics, says ScienceWatch article - July 30, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has reported a substantial increase in the number of multi-author papers in recent years, with many surpassing 50 authors and some reporting upwards of 3,000 authors. The trend reveals a steep increase after remaining at a… Read More
