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How well do you know your readers?—Impact of information consumption habits on product development choices
Simon Inger and Tracy Gardner recently released their report: “How Readers Discover Content in Scholarly Journals”, the output of an extensive survey of 19,000 journal readers. This report updates their research from 2005 and 2008 and digs into user behaviour … Continue reading
The Future of Publishing at the Executive Exchange
Last week, Publishing Technology hosted its annual Executive Exchange customer event in New York, where 20 publishers, industry consultants, press representatives and Publishing Technology executives gathered together to interact, network and exchange information on ways to “move your content forward … Continue reading
New survey finds library budgets tracking economic trends
Economic turmoil continues to plague libraries around the world, particularly in Europe and North America, where the threat of a double-dip recession hangs over some of the world’s major economies. In the latest Library Budget Predictions survey, published by our … Continue reading
3 Reasons to be Cheerful about Publishing in India
As the saying goes, when one door closes another door opens. Here in the west, with many of our major economies undergoing prolonged uncertainty or turbulence, it’s easy to be pessimistic about the state of publishing. Yet in developing markets … Continue reading
Reinventing the article – making a case for the ‘research object’
Over at Derivadow.com, Tom Scott offers some insights into some of the possible directions for journal sites that he’s considering at Nature. Continue reading
ALPSP Digital Strategy Seminar Presentations
On 9th Febuary 2012, scholarly publishing professionals from across the UK convened in central London for an ALPSP event exploring how they could successfully implement digital publishing strategies. The event was hosted by Publishing Technology’s Louise Russell, and featured a … Continue reading
Scholarly Publishing in Transition – 4 Strategies for avoiding the Innovator’s Dilemma
This guest blog from John Peters, CEO of GSE Research is a sneak peek of his presentation at the ALPSP Digital Strategy Seminar, taking place in London on 9th February 2012. Markets in transition give rise to fascinating anomalies. Take … Continue reading
Fair Use in Libraries – A Best Practice Guide
When is it appropriate for a librarian to put copyright material on e-reserve for student use? And what does ‘fair use’ constitute in the library context – in US law at least? So, a hat tip to the people over … Continue reading
This Week on the Semantic Web – 09 Dec 2011
Each week we bring you the most thought-provoking news on how the semantic web is changing the way web users discover, interact and exchange online. This week on the blog we take a glimpse at how brands and consumer markets are utilising the semantic web … Continue reading
Trends in Journal Subscription 2006 – 2011
Last week, Marco Castellan from our sister company PCG lifted the lid on some very interesting statistics on journal subscription renewal trends over the past five years. Aggregated from data gathered by PCG during telephone campaigns renewal campaigns for lapsed … Continue reading
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