Information World Review articles from May 2006

Information World Review archives from May 2006

Arts, Humanities and socialk science publishers.(Blackwell Publishing, Cambridge University Press, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.)
May 8, 2006... Byline: Bobby Pickering Arts, Humanities and Social Science Publishers Blackwell Publishing www.blackwellpublishing.com Overview: Blackwell Publishing is the world's leading society publisher, partnering with 665 academic...

Pico reveals latent talent.(PICO Information Systems Inc. introduces latent talent search engine )(Brief article)
May 8, 2006... Byline: mark chillingworth Pico reveals latent talent ' site review Blinkx burst onto the search market with Blinkx.TV, the first video search service, last year. Now it's back with another first -- Blinkx Pico, a latent search...

Searching for its palce in the world of science.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Bobby Pickering ' site review TheScientificWorld is the online journal platform of LibraPharm, the Berkshire-based specialist publisher of pharmaceutical publications run by Dr Peter Clarke. The company's most well-known title,...

Genie in a bottle.
May 8, 2006... Byline: David Tebbutt genie in a bottle Organisations have tried to make manufacturing and office work as efficient as possible and off-shored whatever they can. Now it's dawning on them that innovation offers the best way to improve...

Talking shop.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Davey Winder Talking shop The face of corporate communication is, thankfully, quickly moving away from the traditional top-down model of memo and newsletters, replaced by a much less formal mix of blogs, wikis and RSS...

Rebirth of email depends on changing social attitudes.
May 8, 2006... Byline: David Tebbutt Rebirth of email depends on changing social attitudes David Tebbutt Unless your organisation has bought into things like blogs, wikis and RSS feeds, I would guess that you are finding email as overwhelming as...

Changes afoot at the press.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Jane Dudman Changes afoot at the Press Cambridge University Press (CUP) is in the process of change. The world-famous publisher is in the middle of a major recovery programme that will see it expanding its role in journals...

British Library gives backing to US standards.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Kim Thomas British Library gives backing to US standard Kim Thomas The British Library is throwing its support behind the US National Library of Medicine Document Type Definition (NLM DTD) cataloguing archiving standard,...

Higher Education foresees a lack of visionary leaders.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Tracey Caldwell Higher Education foresees a lack of visionary leaders Tracey Caldwell The shortage of visionary library leaders is getting worse. Library and information service associations Sconul and Ucisa (Universities...

Ann Arbor goes AALL out on Google Lookup.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Kim Thomas Ann Arbor goes AALL out on Google lookup Kim Thomas Edward Vielmetti, a research associate at the University of Michigan, is trail-blazing the integration of Google Book Search and electronic library catalogues....

Windows Academic Search wins hearts of publishers.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Kim Thomas Windows Academic Search wins hearts of publishers Kim Thomas Microsoft's new rival to Google Scholar, Windows Live Academic Search (WLAS), has been warmly welcomed by the information industry. Launched...

Further reading online.(Brief article)
May 8, 2006... Byline: Bobby Pickering FURTHER READING ONLINE Forum software is a category of internet-based software that has a long and complex history. A good place to start for the "historical" perspective is David Woolley's independent guide to...

LexisNexis spends [pounds sterling]150m in Factiva search response.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Tracey Caldwell LexisNexis spends $150m in Factiva search response Tracey Caldwell LexisNexis has made its search facility easier to use in response to the Google generation's demand for simple, intuitive searching. In...

CMS restructures Prodigy for NHS.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Tracey Caldwell CMS restructures Prodigy for NHS Tracey Caldwell An innovative collaboration between a health information provider and an enterprise content management vendor has improved access to medical guidance on the...

measuring up to metrics.(use of e-metrics libraries)(Brief article)
May 8, 2006... Byline: jonathan gordon-till Measuring up to metrics ' book review The title of this book does not inspire great enthusiasm. Yet the balance of topics covered is an indicator of the poor appreciation of e-metrics. The title covers...

Movers and shakers.(Bowker Electronic Publishing appoints Annie Callanan as Michael Cairns resigns)(Elsevier Information Systems Inc. appoints Tony McSeA n)(Tessa Picknett appointed at Sage Publications Inc.)(Brief article)
May 8, 2006... Byline: Bobby Pickering n Bowker US has appointed Annie Callanan (below) as its president and CEO, replacing Michael Cairns who stepped down in January. Callanan was most recently executive vice president of Advanstar Communications' Life...

Keep the community spirit.(Brief article)
May 8, 2006... Byline: Mark Chillingworth The revelation that online collaboration through chatrooms benefits students and the tutors, as well as keeping down plagiarism astonished me. But in reality it shouldn't, collaboration is human nature and...

R&D specialist aquired to bolster Thomson Pharma.(Centre for Medicines Research International acquired by Thomson Corp. Thomson Scientific, research and development)(Brief article)
May 8, 2006... Byline: Mark Chillingworth R&D specialist acquired to bolster Thomson Pharma Mark Chillingworth Thomson Scientific has acquired a highly specialised pharmaceutical information provider to add R&D benchmarking information and...

Emerald nine found in the Amazon.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Mark Chillingworth Emerald nine found in the Amazon Business and academic publishers Emerald Group Publishing is now offering its Special Issue range of journals for purchase on Amazon, the online retail site. A range of nine...

Corpora News! early warning.(reputation management tool)(Brief article)
May 8, 2006... Byline: Bobby Pickering Corpora News! early warning Knowledge discovery specialist Corpora has released a reputation management tool that provides graphical representations of media coverage. News! uses text analysis technology to...

Google needs friends not foe.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Bobby Pickering Google needs friends not foe Google has had another sterling quarter, with revenue growth of 100% -- well ahead of Wall Street's expected 85% growth. Much of that came from increasing European demand, with the...

Chatrooms to lead plagiarism fight.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Mark Chillingworth Chatrooms to lead plagiarism fight Mark Chillingworth Chatrooms are the backbone of e-learning and can combat plagiarism, experts have revealed. Speaking at an IT Week e-learning seminar, Dr Wassila...

EC report calls for more open access content.(European Commission)
May 8, 2006... Byline: Tracey Caldwell EC report calls for more open access content Tracey Caldwell Linking and markup technologies must be promoted if open access is to become more widely adopted, according to one of the recommendations of the...

Engineering development.(TechXtra developed by Institute for Computer Based Learning)(Brief article)
May 8, 2006... Byline: Mark Chillingworth Staff from the Institute for Computer Based Learning and the library at the Heriot-Watt University in Scotland have developed TechXtra, an engineering cross search service for academics and students. TechXtra is...

Uk academics to add big bang to Digital Universe expansion.(Encyclopedia of Earth introduced in schools)
May 8, 2006... Byline: Laura Smith UK academics to add big bang to Digital Universe expansion Laura Smith Academics at Oxford, Cambridge, Strathclyde and Dundee universities will be among the first UK-based contributors to a new online...

Publishers in race to match Google.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Mark Chillingworth Publishers in race to match Google Mark Chillingworth Major publishers are racing ahead with their alternative offerings to Google Book Search. Harper Collins has announced a developer deal with...

US legislators table a hard-hitting OA bill.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Mark Chillingworth US legislators table a hard-hitting OA bill Mark Chillingworth A hard-hitting newly-tabled piece of US legislation could radically alter access to US-funded scientific research and embarrass the EC over...

Future shock.(search engines)
May 8, 2006... Byline: Tracey Caldwell FUTURE SHOCK With users switching to electronic access to resources instead of books, and using search engines instead of librarians to track down information, libraries face a struggle to remain relevant. ...