While Mobile Library is still commonly referred to as a document delivery service, the underlying technology has evolved far beyond simply retrieving and delivering (STM) scientific, technical and medical research. In our most recent thought leadership briefing we examined some of the technology that currently underpins the Mobile Library software… Read more ›

A guest post by Charles Oben, a London based social media commentator, on his review of Mobile Library “In the long history of humankind those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed” – Charles Darwin The above quote is directly relevant to the response of commercial enterprises… Read more ›

Companies of all sizes are grappling with the impact of “big data.” As an information management and scientific document delivery company, our global customers are heavily impacted by big data. The definition of big data is evolving at a rapid pace. For the purpose of discussion, let’s use the “Three… Read more ›

In an earlier post, we compared one of the elements of Mobile Library’s success to that of Apple’s iPad (Mobile Library™ runs on the iPad, of course). The essence of that post was that document delivery service and tablet computers are both existing technologies. The key take-away was that both… Read more ›

We’ve received a lot of attention in the information management industry for incorporating secure social media features into Mobile Library™. Most of that attention has been focused on the social media aspect of Mobile Library; that is, the ability to share, annotate and collaborate on various information assets. We’ve talked… Read more ›

In a recent post, we found a 1994 quote from Curtis L. Kendrick of the American Historical Society describing new emerging technologies in document delivery such as CD-ROM’s, “digital transmission” and full text databases.  While our industry is still referred to as document delivery service, it’s almost a misnomer with… Read more ›

Fred Pandolfi is our CTO here at Infotrieve. He is the fearless leader of our band of software gurus. Fred has a real gift for explaining incredibly complex software in plain English so we asked him about his approach to designing the Mobile Library™ software platform. “From a design perspective,… Read more ›

Innovation is the product of creativity. So how do large companies encourage, foster and facilitate creative thinking? It’s an interesting question because with a few notable exceptions (Apple, Google and a few other come to mind) most people don’t view large companies as particularly creative. In our first thought leadership… Read more ›

We’ve just published the first in a series of thought leadership briefings. In our first briefing we explore how cloud-based content storage and management, when fully integrated with secure collaboration and document delivery services are a pretty revolutionary combination for facilitating teamwork across the enterprise. At first glance, you might… Read more ›