Knowledgespeak Newsletter

1 May 2012

BMJ Group renews e-publishing partnership with HighWire The BMJ Group has announced the renewal of its long-standing partnership with HighWire Press, a hosting platform for scholarly publishers. HighWire's Open Platform claims to be fulfilling its promise to future-proof its customers as it moves into the next generation of scholarly publishing. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme E-book consumers choosing tablets over e-readers, says BISG Study E-book consumers' preference for tablets is accelerating rapidly as dedicated e-readers drop in popularity, according to a BISG survey. Tablet devices are now the most preferred reading device for more than 24 percent of e-book buyers, up from less than 13 percent in August 2011. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme EBSCO grants awarded to four librarians to attend 2012 MLA Annual Meeting The Medical Library Association has awarded grants sponsored by EBSCO to four librarians to assist with travel expenses to attend the MLA Annual Meeting in Seattle in May. The awards of $1,000 each are presented annually to librarians from health sciences libraries. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ebrary unveils discounted e-book packs for medical libraries ebrary, which has developed a new strategic approach to e-book acquisition based on three steps: Transition, Diversify, and Streamline, has announced a solution specifically for medical libraries. This includes new packs in nursing & allied health, medicine and psychology & social work. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme University of Utah selects Ex Libris Rosetta for long-term digital preservation The University of Utah has opted for Ex Libris Rosetta to preserve the school's extensive cultural heritage collections. These include newspapers and other historical textual documents, photographs, rare books, oral history interviews (including transcripts and audio) and motion picture collections. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Ingram adds Sesame Street e-book library solution to ipage offering Ingram is expanding its e-book offering for libraries with a subscription option for Sesame Street e-books. The Sesame Street e-bookstore subscription on ipage provides libraries of any size with unlimited access to more than 150 read-along, audio, animated and interactive books through their Ingram library account. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme GenomeQuest and Questel partner for IP platform integration Questel and GenomeQuest have announced a partnership to integrate their respective platforms for researching and managing global IP. GQ-IP users will now have the option to review biological sequence patents directly on Questel's Orbit platform. Questel and GenomeQuest are offering their customers a free trial period. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Accelrys to host North American User Group Meeting in Boston Accelrys has announced that its annual North American User Group Meeting is being held from May 7 to 9 at the Marriott Long Wharf Hotel in Boston. It offers attendees a forum for discussing industry trends and best practices with colleagues, keynote speakers and Accelrys executives. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme

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