http://www.econtentmag.com/rss/rss_feeds/default.aspxRSS feeds from EContent magazine.All Content Copyright 1998-2013, Information Today Inc.60http://www.econtentmag.com/Images/econtent122x50.gifhttp://www.econtentmag.comLin Grensing-PophalTue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMTWhat happens if the lights go out? It's a question that strikes fear into the hearts of content providers everywhere--especially those that have transitioned from preserving hard copies to digital storage. Decisions about how to protect content-in this case, digital content--should be based both on an assessment of the purpose and value of that content and the development of a policy that outlines what is stored and how it is stored.http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Feature/Preserving-the-Digital-Past-with-the-Open-Data-Project-85943.htmRobert SpringerFri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMTThe digital age has given way to an open access renaissance - allowing for the free flow of information traditionally bound up in scholarly journals and academic publications. But when an influential analyst said that a European push toward open access could significantly hurt academic publisher Reed Elsevier's bottom line, many STM publishers took a second look at this model. http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Feature/Is-Open-Access-Destroying-Academic-Publishers-85520.htmTue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMTApress, a publisher of technology books, announced the launch of ApressOpen, a program that offers technology companies and professionals the opportunity to publish technical and business content under an open access model. With ApressOpen, content will be freely available through online distribution channels and electronic formats with the goal of disseminating professionally edited and technically reviewed content to the worldwide community.http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Item/Apress-Unveils-Open-Access-book-Publishing-for-the-Tech-Community-85456.htmTue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMTElsevier, a provider of STM information products and services, and Ex Libris Group, a provider of library automation solutions, announced a collaborative initiative that will enable joint customers to search the Scopus abstracting and indexing database via the Ex Libris Primo Central Index. http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Item/Elsevier-and-Ex-Libris-Group-Announce-Collaboration---85325.htmWed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMTScientific publisher, Springer Science + Business Media, announced the company has acquired UK-based Canopus Academic Publishing. Canopus is a publisher that specializes in the subjects of physics and astronomy. With this acquisition, Springer will absorb more than 50 published or planned works.http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Item/Springer-Acquires-Book-Portfolio-from-Canopus-84106.htmWed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMTJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc, announced the launch of a new interdisciplinary review publication called WIREs Energy and Environment. This publication will serve as an interdisciplinary review work which the company says will highlight the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in research and education.http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Item/Wiley-Launches-WIREs-Energy-and-Environment--84107.htmScott AbelThu, 05 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMTThe web: It's everywhere. It's a modern miracle. An amazing technological advancement that, when combined with mobile devices and wireless broadband, provides humanity with the promise of a more equitable dispersement of information and wealth...err, hypothetically. Despite the ubiquity of technology and the widespread availability of the mobile web, there are many places in the world where information critical to survival isn't available in a way that's relevant to those who need it. But it doesn't have to be that way. All that's needed is an understanding of the actual problems in need of solving.http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/Column/Flexing-Your-Content/Leveraging-the-Web-to-Overcome-Challenges-in-the-Developing-World-83535.htmTue, 12 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMTIn an effort to help scientists go global with their research, Edanz has launched Journal Selector as a part of its Journal Advisor platform. By using Journal Selector, researchers will be able to match an author's non-English research to journals that publish articles on similar topics and can convert the research conducted into English. By converting research into English, Edanz feels researchers will have a much greater chance of getting published.http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Item/Edanz-Launches-Journal-Selector-83141.htmChris Forbes Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTA student turns her tablet on to read three chapters assigned to her this week. As she reads, she comes across a topic that she would like to learn more about. She leaves her ebook, opens a web browser and runs a search. The ebook might be a great source of information on a single topic, but it fails as a research tool. Why?http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/Editorial/Commentary/Why-Ebooks-Fail-as-Research-Tools-81543.htmWed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMTWolters Kluwer Health acquired Medknow Publications, an open access (OA) STM journal publisher based in India, in a deal that expands its Medical Research business to developing markets. The acquisition also increases Wolters Kluwer Health's offering of locally written content.http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Item/Wolters-Kluwer-Health-Adds-OA-Medknow-Journals-79271.htmWed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMTSpringer Science+Business Media agreed to acquire the Wolters Kluwer Pharma Marketing and Publishing Services division (MPS). Springer will add MPS to its Springer Healthcare unit. MPS provides strategic marketing, publishing, and business intelligence products and services to medical libraries, research institutions, and the pharmaceutical industry.http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Item/Springer-Acquires-Pharma-Marketing-and-Publishing-Services-from-Wolters-Kluwer-78813.htmWed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMTCambridge University Press launched University Publishing Online, an ebook and digital content platform that aggregates content from several scholarly presses worldwide. Extending the Cambridge Books Online offering, University Publishing Online aims to provide libraries with ebooks and database products from academic publishers.http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Item/Cambridge-University-Press-Introduces-University-Publishing-Online-78663.htmThu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMTSpringer launched a network of job sites designed to attract and showcase talent from the Springer tools audience. The Springer network of job sites is a recruitment solution for global employers across the healthcare and life science industry, featuring more than 5,000 up-to-date job listings available at launch.http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Item/Springer-Launches-Network-of-Job-Sites-75838.htmThu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 GMTKnovel is expanding its market trend analysis tools to cover the fields of mining engineering and extractive metallurgy. The added subject area will provide information and guidance on topics pertaining to managing health and safety, mineral processing, and extraction efficiency.http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Item/Knovel-Targets-Mining-and-Metallurgy-75745.htmTue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 GMTInTech, a multidisciplinary open access (OA) publisher with a focus on book publishing, employed TBI Communications Ltd., to conduct a survey to discern the varying attitudes about OA, and made the results available. Of InTech's author-base of 25,000, more than 8,000 authors (32%) responded, with the majority of respondents (78%) identifying themselves as researchers. http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Item/InTech-and-TBI-Explore-Authors-OA-Attitudes-75670.htm