(5 March 2019) Curtin University’s iconic Library will undergo a $60 million refurbishment including a large atrium and auditorium-style study stairs as part of plans to modernise the building in time for its 50th anniversary. Leading national architecture firm Hames Sharley is working with international partner Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects to deliver the TL Robertson…
(8 Mar 2019) Ingenta, provider of highly configurable technology solutions to publishers, is now launching Ingenta Link a universal authentication and marketing platform that unifies access control and the marketing of content locked across siloed platforms. The system is designed to provide publishers who manage numerous online brands with a simple way to consolidate customer credentials, authentication, and…
(7 Mar 2019) RLUK has published a report examining the role that unique and distinctive collections play in enabling research libraries to meet their impact goals, and investigates the ways impact resulting through relevant services and activities is evidenced. The unique and distinctive collections held by research libraries have long been recognised as cultural assets to…
(9 Mar 2019) Before there was Google, Amazon or even an internet, there was big data in what may seem an unlikely place: a chemical research clearinghouse in the heart of the American Midwest. For more than a century, Chemical Abstracts Service in Columbus has been gathering and summarizing chemical research breakthroughs from around the…
(8 Mar 2019) As the London Book Fair’s Market Focus Indonesia program comes into view, the first thing you may notice is that it comprises not one but two stands at Olympia London—one on ground floor and one on the floor above. In talking with Laura Prinsloo, chair of the Indonesian National Book Committee, Publishers Perspectives have been…
(7 Mar 2019) Blackboard Inc. today announced the execution of a definitive agreement to sell its Blackboard Transact business unit (“Transact”) to Reverence Capital Partners, LP (“Reverence”). The transaction will enable Blackboard to remain laser focused on and continue to deliver market-leading innovation in its teaching and learning portfolio of solutions, the core of its business…
(5 Mar 2019) Plans have been officially confirmed for the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) built for last year’s Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang to be turned into a national archive for the National Library of Korea. The national archives will store all periodicals and journals that are published in the country in order to preserve…
(6 Mar 2019) After much review, Amazon came to the decision to discontinue its pop-up kiosk program, and is instead expanding Amazon Books and Amazon 4-star, where more comprehensive customer experience and broader selection is provided. The Digital Reader has the full story here.
(7 Mar 2019) Taylor & Francis saw a 0.6% revenue rise in the 2018 calendar year, to a total of £533.2m (£530m in 2017), with an underlying revenue rise of 2.2%. Adjusted operating profit dropped 4.6% to £198.4m (£208m in 2017), but underlying profit rose 0.3%. Parent company Informa said the academic publishing division had shown…
(1 Mar 2019) Over the past year, there have been some important developments among the major publishers as they move towards a new model for distributing their content. The principal driver has been the fear of “leakage,” which is to say usage for which publishers cannot provide COUNTER statistics and therefore are unable to monetize. There…
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