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Posts tagged: scholarly publishing
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
Top 5 Academic Publishing Trends to look out for in 2013
2012 has certainly been an eventful, some would even say turbulent, year in the unpredictable world of academic publishing. A crescendo of calls for a complete re-imagination of traditional pay-for-access models, the ‘Academic Spring’ campaign, the high profile Cost of … Continue reading
Keeping it short – Short-form academic publishing
In this recent article published on Scholarly Kitchen, regular blogger Joseph Esposito explores the case for a shorter form of scholarly publishing lying somewhere in the middle between an article and a monograph. This form, which has lain largely dormant … Continue reading
ALPSP Usage Generation Seminar
Usage generation is one of the main focuses of many publishers to increase the value of their brands and ensure renewal of subscriptions. Looking at innovative ways to do this is key to generation of a continuing upward trend. ALPSP (the … Continue reading
The AAA on the future of Scholarly Publishing
These are interesting times for the academic and scholarly publishing markets. As their businesses increasingly migrate online, many publishers are presently exploring how this affects their business models. Much of this exploration is happening behind closed doors, but there is … Continue reading
The Library of the Future is Mobile
After attending the recent MobileTechnology Executive briefing run by the Chartered institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) I’ve become really excited by the opportunities that developments in mobile technology are presenting to academic publishers, librarians and end users. This … 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
UK students lead the world in digital reading
The most surprising thing we learned in the past week is that university students in the UK are world leaders when it comes to digital reading. In a global study of more than 6,300 students conducted by ebrary, 58% of … Continue reading
3 Predictions for the future of Chinese publishing
Last week, London Book Fair threw a fascinating spotlight on the publishing industry in China, with China Market Focus bringing 150 Chinese publishers to the UK, many for the first time. The last time I blogged here on Publishing Technology … Continue reading
The Digital Gateway to China
On 17th April, our CEO George Lossius announced the launch of the Digital Gateway project at London Book Fair. The project provides Chinese libraries with their most significant digital publishing platform to date. In this article (first published by Bookbrunch … Continue reading
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