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New: Elsevier Enriches Online Articles with Google Maps
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Elsevier, Maps, Publishing
|From Elsevier: Elsevier announced today that Google Maps functionality is now available in its journals. This new feature enriches online articles on SciVerse ScienceDirect with interactive maps, adapting to the needs of various scientific disciplines to visualize and interact with the author’s geographic data. Elsevier is one of the first publishers to introduce Google Maps […]
Om Malik announced the news on GigaOM (Giga Omni Media) this morning. In addition to the flagship publication, GigaOM provides a number of other services including GigaOM Pro (research and analysis), GigaOM.tv, and GigaOM Events. For example, the NewTeeVee Live conference is produced by GigaOM.
Several New eBook Publishers Now Available to OverDrive School, College, and University Library Customers
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Elsevier, Libraries, News, Publishing, Scholastic
|From OverDrive: New eBook publishers supplying to OverDrive-powered school, college, and university libraries include Houghton Mifflin, Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Kaeden Publishing, Barnes Report, and ALA Editions. They join Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., Disney Digital Books, Elsevier Science, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Scholastic, Taylor & Francis, and many others in providing digital books to libraries via OverDrive. Read the […]
The Apps for Library Idea Challenge is, as the name suggests, looking for IDEAS. No coding required. From an Elsevier Announcement: Elsevier today announced the launch of the SciVerse Applications Apps for Library Idea Challenge. The international competition encourages librarians and information professionals to conceptualize solutions to the challenges that they and their constituents face […]
Conf. Slides: "Stories, That Persuade With Data. What’s Inside Scientific Papers, and Should it be Reengineered?"
Data Files, Elsevier, Journal Articles, Publishing, Resources
|Excellent slides from an extremely interesting presentation by Anita de Waard, Disruptive Technologies Director, Elsevier Labs. Topics include: + Linked Data + Fact Creation Through Citation + Data Driven Papers + Is the Research Paper Going Away? Direct to Slides: “Stories,That Persuade With Data. What’s Inside Scientific Papers, and Should it be Reengineered?”(via Slideshare) The […]
Elsevier will shutdown 2collab.com on April 15, 2011. This web page has instructions on how to import your bookmarks along with the following letter from Elsevier: Dear 2collab user, As part of our ongoing efforts to provide the very best integrated solutions to the academic community, we have determined that we should focus our resources […]
1. EBSCO Publishing Continues to Enhance eBook Collections EBSCO has released 26 new eBook subject sets providing libraries with a way to begin or expand their eBook collections. The latest eBook subject sets span more than seven key collection areas covering arts & humanities, business & economics, IT, non-English content, personal growth & how-to, science […]
Info Industry Briefs: News from Credo Reference, Gale, and Portico
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Elsevier, Gale, News, Publishing
|1.Credo Reference Launches Subject Collections Credo Reference is pleased to announce the launch of Subject Collections. These convenient collections, designed to provide comprehensive coverage of key subjects, add to the rapidly growing reference e-book offerings on Credo Reference. The eight new collections offer titles from 11 key reference publishers including Wiley-Blackwell, Elsevier, SAGE Reference and […]
Joe Murphy has tweeted and blogged that a recap of the 2011 Digital Libraries Symposium is now available online in the March 2011 issue of Elsevier’s Library Connect. You can find all of the links in Joe’s blog post or you can go direct to an HTML version by clicking here. Summaries of each panel are […]
New Report: "Sustaining Scholarly Publishing: New Business Models for University Presses"
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Elsevier, Libraries, News, Open Access, Publishing
|“Sustaining Scholarly Publishing: New Business Models for University Presses” was published by the Association of American University Presses. From the AAUP Web Site: This report a) identifies elements of the current scholarly publishing systems that are worth protecting and retaining throughout this and future periods of transition; b) explores business models of existing projects which […]