Industry trends

Robert Massie, president of Chemical Abstracts Service, has been awarded the International Patent Information Award 2011 for his 'significant achievements towards the advancement of patent information'

Simba Information finds that professional book publishers could lose millions in potential revenue through piracy

JournalTOCs is offering libraries a free trial of a lightweight scholarly journals tables of contents customisation service

Higher Education Funding Council of England (HEFCE) funds shared services in cloud computing

SURFfoundation of the Netherlands is funding six projects that aim to enhance scholarly publications

Enhancing users' experience will be a specific focus for Europeana over the coming years, according to the strategic plan of the pan-European digital resource

Approximately 90 per cent of the 40,000 published scholars who answered the SOAP project online survey said they are convinced that OA journals are or would be beneficial for their field

The business of scientific, technical, medical, legal and business journals saw three per cent growth in 2010, according to Simba Information's latest report