BISG survey examines college student perceptions on educational content - February 23, 2012
The first instalment in Volume Two of the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)'s ongoing Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education survey shows that students are rebelling against the rising costs of textbooks in a variety of ways. Some students are settling for older editions of… Read More
JISC survey studies progress of electronic doctoral theses - February 21, 2012
Doctoral theses can attract significant attention when made openly accessible in electronic form, according to the respondents of a sector-wide survey of information professionals. The JISC-funded survey seeks to give a clearer picture of progress toward electronic thesis deposit in the UK, and how universities are… Read More
ebrary’s 2011 Global Student E-book Survey publicly available online - February 21, 2012
E-books and research technology provider ebrary, US, a ProQuest business, has announced that the social media data of its 2011 Global Student E-book Survey is now publicly available at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/surveys along with the full report. According to the report while 41… Read More
UK e-books sales rising but sales values falling, says Books & Consumers survey - February 15, 2012
E-book sales are rising to offset a decline in physical book purchases, but only in volume, according to the latest Books & Consumers survey. With the lower price points of e-books versus their print counterparts, the value of book sales is shrinking, the report further says. The survey is an… Read More
Presenters at Lithuanian event examine importance of unique author identifiers - February 15, 2012
The Association of Lithuanian Serials, an Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) participant, hosted a conference on unique author identifiers on February 14, 2012, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The conference took place in the Lithuanian parliament (seimas). Three members of ORCID working groups presented at the conference,… Read More
ICIS China Urea report offers in-depth market intelligence on China’s urea production and exports - February 14, 2012
Global petrochemicals and energy information provider ICIS has launched the weekly ICIS China Urea report that offers timely and in-depth market intelligence on China's urea production and exports. It provides domestic supply and demand data, analysis on China's trade activities and Chinese urea export price assessments,… Read More
JISC Collections report examines value of library resources for academics - February 3, 2012
JISC Collections, the membership organisation that supports the provision of digital content for education and research in the UK, has published a report titled 'UK Scholarly Reading and the Value of Library Resources.' The report is based on research carried out by Prof. Carol Tenopir from… Read More
Authors increasingly aware of open access publishing, says InTech survey - February 3, 2012
InTech, a Croatia-based open access (OA) publisher, has published the results of a survey appraising attitudes and awareness of the research community towards the OA business model in scholarly publishing. The InTech white paper, titled 'Open Access: Awareness and Attitudes amongst the Author Community', is… Read More
RLUK publishes new report on changing needs of researchers - February 2, 2012
Research Libraries UK (RLUK) has published a major report by Mary Auckland on the changing needs of researchers and the effect on the subject/liaison role within libraries. As research activities evolve, research support must evolve with them, it is felt. RLUK has been keen to… Read More
Respondents seek better access to scientific publications in EC public consultation - February 1, 2012
The European Commission (EC) recently undertook a public consultation on scientific information in the digital age, which reportedly spurred great interest among a variety of stakeholders, with 1,140 responses received from 42 countries. Respondents identified a strong need for better access to scientific publications and… Read More
