ARL announces availability of final report on the usage of electronic resources - December 27, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced the availability of the final report of a study on the usage of electronic resources - MINES for Libraries: Measuring the Impact of Networked Electronic Services and the Ontario Council of University Libraries' Scholar Portal, Final Report 2011.… Read More
Open access widely supported by universities, research centres and funding agencies across Europe, says new report - December 22, 2011
The European Research Area Committee (ERAC) on National Open Access and Preservation Policies has published a report called 'Analysis of a Questionnaire to the European Research Area Committee'. The report reveals that open access is backed by a growing number of universities, research centres and funding agencies across Europe. The… Read More
Smartphones seen increasing the risk of health data breaches - December 20, 2011
The American Medical Association’s American Medical News has noted that the number of physicians using smartphones has reached a near-saturation point and, in parallel, the number of data breaches is going up. Recent reports by Manhattan Research have found more than 81 percent of physicians use… Read More
ebrary provides free access to its e-book download survey - December 15, 2011
E-books and research technology provider ebrary, US, a ProQuest business, has announced that the results of its survey of more than 1,000 librarians regarding e-book mobile and offline access is now publicly available online. Interested parties may register to receive the full results along with a… Read More
Metadata helps increase books sales, says Nielsen research - November 29, 2011
Global information and media group Nielsen, US, has announced initial findings of research into the effectiveness of high quality and appropriate metadata on the sales of books. Nielsen's Metadata Research seeks to leverage its bibliographic data and Nielsen BookScan sales data to look at three… Read More
ICIS launches new Global Biodiesel price report - November 25, 2011
Global chemicals information provider ICIS has announced that the new ICIS Global Biodiesel price report brings together all of the company's coverage of the regional biodiesel markets. The report also includes additional information on the growing Latin American market, including Argentina and Brazil. In addition… Read More
New RIN report looks at information handling in collaborative research - November 21, 2011
The UK's Research Information Network (RIN) has released a new report that looks at how researchers access, use and disseminate information in collaborations between higher education and business, public and third sector partners. This study, commissioned by RIN and the British Library, comprises a set… Read More
Higher education market forces and college publishers are reshaping the instructional materials, says new Simba report - November 17, 2011
Media and publishing forecast firm Simba Information, US, recently released a report 'College Publishing Market Forecast 2011-2012.' The report provides data for the higher education publishing market, dividing segments by new and used textbooks and multimedia materials. It defines the revenue of leading publishers, explores current… Read More
UBM TechWeb report examines enterprise organisational purchase process - November 16, 2011
Business information provider UBM TechWeb, US, has released a report that seeks to provide insight into today's complex enterprise organisational purchase process. It also aims to guide technology marketers on how to deliver information around their customers' needs. Titled 'Understanding the Technology Purchase Process: Reframing… Read More
Amazon’s Kindle Fire is most popular Android tablet in North America, says IDC survey - November 15, 2011
Appcelerator, an integrated mobile platform for rapidly developing native and HTML5 mobile web applications using open web technologies, and analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC) have announced results from a new joint survey of 2,160 Appcelerator developers around the world. Findings reveal that Amazon's new… Read More
