Monthly Archives: May 2009

Facing a double whammy, publishers should box clever

May 26, 2009 – 11:38 am

Received wisdom is that in recessions businesses fall prey to ‘short-termism’, and that this is necessarily a bad thing. But the truth is that even the most far-sighted, deep-pocketed publisher will have a different orientation towards risk and investment in times like these.
With resources constrained and markets uncertain, greater business agility becomes not just a fashionable [...]

By John Helmer | Posted in Online Publishing Market, Publishing business models, Technology | Post a comment | 0 comments

What does Google’s RDFa support mean for publishers?

May 18, 2009 – 2:07 pm

Is Google’s support for the RDFa standard an opportunity or a threat to publishers? And what does this mean for users and purchasers of information products?

By Richard Padley | Posted in Online Publishing Market, Search, Technology | Post a comment | 3 comments

Library Journal’s LaGuardia gives Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology a solid ten

May 7, 2009 – 3:51 pm

We were highly gratified recently to receive a highly complimentary review of our work on behalf of Wiley-Blackwell for the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online (BESO) in Library Journal. This is an especially prized accolade since the reviewer Cheryl LaGuardia, Research Librarian for the Widener Library at Harvard University, is by her own admission not [...]

By John Helmer | Posted in Reviews, Technology | Post a comment | 0 comments

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