New Draft Document From PLOS, SPARC, and ARL Ask, “How Open is It?”
From a PLOS Blog Post:
Not all Open Access is created equal. To move beyond the seemingly simple question of Is it Open Access?” PLOS, SPARC...
Gartner Says Worldwide Cloud Services Market to Surpass $109 Billion in 2012
The public cloud services market is forecast to grow 19.6 percent in 2012 to total $109 billion worldwide, according to Gartner, Inc. Business process...
Thomson Reuters Predicts 2012 Nobel Laureates
With the eyes of the world firmly fixed on Stockholm and the upcoming announcement of the 2012 Nobel Prize recipients, the IP & Science...
OCLC Research scientist Dr. Lynn Silipigni Connaway elected to ASIS&T Board of Directors
Senior Research Scientist Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D. has been elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the American Society for...
Universities have improved access to mobile services, new report shows
This week a UCISA survey, funded by JISC, shows that UK higher education has made notable progress in helping students and staff access library services, email...
National Library of China provides national access to Cambridge Journals Digital Archive
The National Library of China (NLC) has gained access to the Cambridge Journals Digital Archive (CJDA) Complete Collection.
The complete CJDA comprises 207 journals published...
New OCLC WorldShare Metadata functionality offers improved efficiencies for libraries managing electronic resources
New OCLC WorldShare Metadata collection management functionality offers more efficient ways for libraries to manage electronic resources and improve user access to those valuable...
EBSCO Publishing Earns Spot on 2012 InformationWeek 500 List of Top Technology Innovators Across...
EBSCO Publishing has been named to this year’s InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation’s most innovative users of business technology. This is...
Reuters Study Explores Apple’s Mobile Patent Portfolio For Insights Into iPhone Technology
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today released the results...
Springer opens new sales offices in Istanbul
Springer moves to expand its position on the scientific publishing market in the eastern Mediterranean and central Asian regions
Springer has recently expanded its international...
The Knovel University Challenge Launches With New Weekly Prizes For Solving Engineering Problems
Knovel, the leading provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, kicked off the Knovel University Challenge today with...
Simba Report – In Higher Ed, Multimedia Materials Pave the Way for Digital Classrooms
An effective means to creating programs that enable more efficient student learning, multimedia materials are settling in and becoming the driving force behind digital...