Information World Review articles from September 2008

Information World Review archives from September 2008

Grove finds its groove.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Daniel Griffin Grove finds its groove But, as Daniel Griffin finds, the authority on all things musical doesn't handle the contemporary world quite as smoothly as the classical ' website review Earlier this year the...

athens still in id fight.(on the management of online information resources)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Tim Buckley Owen athens still in id fight From the dreaming spires of Oxford to the steel and glass of Manchester Met, a quiet revolution is taking place in the esoteric world of higher education access and identity management....

Content might be free, but information needs expertise.
September 1, 2008... Byline: David Tebbutt Content might be free, but information needs expertise Some people argue that, because information is free and widely available through the internet, no one need bother with information professionals any more....

Court in the crunch.(on duopolies and information services)
September 1, 2008... Byline: TBO Court in the crunch With barely a whisker between them competitively, Reed Elsevier's LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters' Westlaw still dominate the field of legal, regulatory and tax information. But the two big hitters...

Open access citation effect illusory.(on Cornell University's study that found open access journal articles are used more often, but are not cited more)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Tcaldwell Open access citation effect illusory ' analysis Journal articles made freely available online are accessed more than articles with a subscription cost but are not cited more. This is the controversial early...

never too small to join the party.(on small and medium enterprises in the UK)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Martin Desaulles never too small to join the party According to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (the DTI in old money), at the start of 2007 there were 4.7 million companies in the UK, an increase...

Oxford pays OA fees for NIH-funded studies.
September 1, 2008... Byline: TCALDWELL Oxford pays OA fees for NIH-funded studies Tracey Caldwell Oxford Journals will help authors comply with the US NIH open access mandate by offering free-of-charge deposit into PubMed Central for any articles...

Nature offers free deposits.(on Nature Publishing Group's plan to deposit papers on open access repositories)
September 1, 2008... Byline: TCALDWELL Nature offers free deposits Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is to deposit papers in open access repositories PubMed Central and UK PubMed Central on behalf of authors free of charge. It has also promised to deposit the...

Lift the lid off the corporate world.(Hoover's business research website)(Website overview)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Daniel Griffin Lift the lid off the corporate world ' website review When you approach the Hoover's business research site, it is obvious that it is a properly thought out resource. Whether you are opening up the...

Swets responds to e-book surge.
September 1, 2008... Swets responds to e-book surge Tracey Caldwell Subscription services company Swets has expanded its SwetsWise TitleBank to include e-book data following an increase in demand for e-books. "The decision to include e-book data in...

The science of online.
September 1, 2008... The science of online A growing bank of evidence suggests that online information and social networking are rapidly reshaping the future of research. Scientists bookmark applications primarily for professional reasons and increasingly use...

Cabinet Office ordered to disclose papers.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Cabinet Office ordered to disclose papers Peter Williams The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has clashed with the government over the release of confidential papers. The ICO has told the Cabinet Office to release papers...

Elsevieri?1/2s grand challenge down to the 10 best tools.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Elsevier's grand challenge down to the 10 best tools Healthcare and scientific publisher Elsevier has announced 10 semi-finalists in its grand challenge to the scientific community to come up with innovative tools for life science...

Government builds future-proof archive.
September 1, 2008... Government builds future-proof archive Michelle Perry Future generations should be able to read government documents electronically thanks to a new archiving system for public digital records. The automated process will appraise,...

CUP takes over Archive Editions.
September 1, 2008... CUP takes over Archive Editions Cambridge University Press has acquired Archive Editions, a publisher of historical document collections, to give its customers "unique access to original research on the national heritage and political...

Crunch slows but doesni?1/2t stop Thomson juggernaut.(on the growth of Thomson Reuters)
September 1, 2008... Crunch slows but doesn't stop Thomson juggernaut Michelle Perry Demand for financial information has rescued the revenues of the newly merged Thomson Reuters despite slower overall growth, the information giant's chief executive has...

Accucoms takes ASCO south.(on American Society of Clinical Oncology's contract with Accucoms to represent its journal in South America)
September 1, 2008... Accucoms takes ASCO south Tracey Caldwell The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has signed up Accucoms to represent its journal in Latin America. "In recent years, as we've reached saturation point in the US market,...

Misinformation and data breaches spark IT backlash.(on IBM Data Governance Council's proposals for data management)
September 1, 2008... Misinformation and data breaches spark IT backlash Michelle Perry An industry group has outlined developments in data management to reshape corporate behaviour and to ensure the credibility of market-sensitive information. The IBM...

Four aim for biblical revelation online.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... four aim for biblical revelation online The world's oldest Bible has gone online and attracted over five million hits in the first 48 hours. Over a quarter of Codex Sinaiticus, the earliest existing Christian Bible, was put online as...

Google makes sharper web trends tool.
September 1, 2008... Google makes sharper web trends tool Michelle Perry Google is set to launch a product that is designed to let businesses dig deeper into internet trends. The search company said that its Insights for Search tool was more flexible...

IWR in brief.(on Forrester Research's acquisition, information security, interactive review site, and on National Health Service's online information feeds)
September 1, 2008... Jupiter swings into Forrester's orbit Forrester Research has acquired JupiterResearch and its parent company JUPR Holdings from MCG Capital Corporation for $23m in cash. JupiterResearch has 83 employees and revenues in 2007 were $14m....