Amazon executives testify in eBook Price Fixing Case; Plagiarizing across Europe; CrossRef launches FundRef to track scholarly funding; Copyright Clearance Center teams up with HFA; Multiple EBSCO press releases; Summon Discovery expands Japanese-language content with NetAdvance; and DeepDyve launches innovative 5-Minute Freemium service

Amazon Executives Testify in eBook Price Fixing Case

GalleyCat reports that [...]

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ProQuest Names Allana Mayer 2013 Summit Scholarship Winner

– ProQuest, an information firm central to global research, has awarded the 2013 Roger K. Summit Scholarship to Allana Mayer, an MLIS student at McGill University in Montreal. The scholarship – named in honor of Dialog founder Roger K. Summit, a pioneer in developing online information [...]

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    By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

Melissa Kenneway from TBI Communications moderated this session on metrics.   The old metrics of citation counts and impact factors are being replaced by a number of new ones.  In her introduction, Melissa [...]

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    By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

The afternoon networking break in the Exhibit Hall featured some sweet treats designed to give attendees a needed energy boost.

 

All were delicious!

Don Hawkins
Blogging for The Chraleston Group, LLC

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    By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

Toby Plewak introduced the subject of responsive design.

Several websites with lists of mobile apps from publishers exist. What have we learned from this?  Here is what the landscape looks like to a user:

Do [...]

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    By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

Michael Cairns introduced the session by discussing roles for our content.  We must think about it as a strategic asset and the role it can play in our business.  We need to set out strategic [...]

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