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
Publishing services a key growth area for academic libraries, says SPARC report - November 2, 2011
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has released a new report on behalf of a team of researchers from the libraries of Purdue University, Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Utah. The “Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success” research project suggests that… Read More
ebrary announces initial results of 2011 Global Student E-book Survey - November 2, 2011
E-books and research technology provider ebrary, US, has announced the initial results of its 2011 Global Student E-book Survey. A comparison of the new survey with the same survey conducted in 2008 implies that aggregators, publishers, and librarians need to better collaborate to address students' information… Read More
Smartphones and tablets drive digital traffic in top EU nations, says comScore report - October 27, 2011
comScore, Inc., a US-based provider of digital marketing information, has released an overview of the mobile and connected device landscape across EU5 - the five leading European markets of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. The data shows cross-platform digital media consumption on the rise… Read More
ARL publishes SPEC Kit 325, focuses on digital preservation - October 26, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Digital Preservation, SPEC Kit 325, which explores the strategies that ARL member institutions use to protect evolving research collections and examines the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders. The survey asked ARL libraries about their digital content, their strategies… Read More
Patients Participate! project seeks to bridge gap between info access and understanding - October 19, 2011
Publishing a lay summary alongside every research article could be the answer to assisting in the wider understanding of health-related information, according to the findings of new citizen science project Patients Participate! The project was commissioned by JISC and carried out by the Association of Medical… Read More
UK surpasses US in research impact, says Thomson Reuters report - October 14, 2011
Thomson Reuters, a US-based provider of information for healthcare professionals, has released a study that says the average 'impact' of research originating in the UK has risen, surpassing that of the research colossus US. This is despite a relative decrease in research output and private-sector research… Read More
Dialog releases new report exploring the next wave in controlling power use - October 11, 2011
Dialog, a ProQuest business unit supporting professional research, has released 'Smart Meters: Yea or nay?' a report exploring the potential of and controversy surrounding digital power grids and meters that monitor and regulate the flow of electricity. A particularly timely report for the US, the report… Read More
