Thursday 2 October 2008

Other news

"Bloomsbury unveils academic imprint: Bloomsbury is making a bold move into academic publishing with the launch of an "on demand" imprint that will publish titles online for free."
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/66448-bloomsbury-unveils-academic-imprint.html

"Study challenges e-book assumptions [news from the National eBooks Observatory project at JISC] According to Lorraine Estelle CEO of JISC Collections, in the first user survey, which received over 22,000 responses, 62 per cent of students reported that they read online whilst only 6 per cent said that they print to read. The survey also indicated that interactivity may not be as important to students as anticipated. 'Students say that the main attraction is that e-books within an academic setting, are more accessible than print books, meaning that users can get at them wherever they are and at whatever time they like,' explained Estelle." http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=375

INteresting post on Laika's Medliblog on the various EBM pyramids circulating http://laikaspoetnik.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/time-to-weed-the-ebm-pyramids/

A reminder to myself to have a look at How Readers Navigate Scholarly Content

Interesting post by Frank Cervone on 5 things I've learned, based on a talk by Don Tapscott:
  1. We are under the microscope
  2. Transparency is power
  3. The benefits of mass collaboration are boundless
  4. Practice what you preach
  5. Thinking forward pays off
http://www.cervone.com/complexity/2008/04/transparency.html

Wolters Kluwer Health Reaches Agreement to Acquire UpToDate : http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/wolters-kluwer-health-reaches-agreement/story.aspx?guid={22EDF61C-A289-4301-B4CD-23DA44BBFFB1}&dist=hppr

A fun blog post about getting on when you don't feel inspired : http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/07/07/you-dont-need-a-muse-how-to-get-your-work-done-when-youre-not-inspired/

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