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Thorpe-Bowker at VALA 2012 Conference |
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VALA 2012 Conference Come and visit Thorpe-Bowker and its sister companies Proquest, Dialog, Serials Solutions and Refworks at the 2012 conference being held at the Melbourne Convention centre from Tuesday 7 February – Thursday 9 February. Attend any or all of the following vendor presentations being held in Room 212 We look forward to seeing you in our home city, Melbourne. Wednesday 8 February Room 212 - ProQuest – 10.30 am
Facilitating advanced research in science and engineering
- Serials Solutions – a ProQuest business unit – 10.45 am A first peek at Serials Solutions web-scale management solution
- ebrary – a ProQuest company –11.00 am
Downloading with ebrary Further info http://www.vala.org.au/vala2012/conf2012 About Bowker (www.bowker.com)
Bowker is the world's leading provider of bibliographic information and management solutions designed to help publishers, booksellers, and libraries better serve their customers. Creators of products and services that make books easier for people to discover, evaluate, order, and experience, the company also generates research and resources for publishers, helping them understand and meet the interests of readers worldwide. Bowker, an affiliated business of ProQuest and the official ISBN Agency for Australia, United States and U.S. territories, is headquartered in New Providence, New Jersey with additional operations in England and Australia.
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PubTrack™ Consumer to Study Cookbook Buyer Behavior |
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Annual Cookbook Publishing Report will track the impact of digital resources on cooks’ preferences in books and other sources of recipe information New Providence, NJ – December 19, 2011 – PubTrack™ Consumer will launch a comprehensive new research study into the behavior of cookbook buyers, which will enable publishers to make better informed decisions in one the industry’s most dynamic market segments. The PubTrack Consumer Cookbook Publishing Report will determine how, where and why consumers buy cookbooks, digging deep into the impact of the digital transformation on what consumers buy and how they learn about cookbooks and authors. Over time, this annual study will plot trends so that publishers can develop products that fit more precisely to the shifting preferences of their customers. PubTrack is a highly regarded service of Bowker, an affiliated business of ProQuest.
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New International Identifier Connects the Right Person with the Right Credentials |
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Global standards group asks “What’s in a name?” December 12, 2011 (New Providence, NJ) – More than 45 million people “like” Stefani Germanotta’s Facebook page and a similar number count themselves as fans of the internationally renowned author/singer/songwriter Roosevelt Gook. While instantly recognizable under their stage identities, Lady Gaga and Bob Dylan are far more difficult to trace through their real names (or less famous pseudonyms in Dylan’s case). And performers aren’t the only ones changing names: authors often write under multiple names, making it difficult for readers to find their other works. Libraries, too, invest enormous efforts in disambiguating creators and sorting their works. Equally important, especially to the creators themselves, is the ability for organizations administering rights to correctly identify who gets what royalty.
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