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Press Release: BrowZine Oculus Rift Edition

April 1, 2014 by Third Iron

April 1, 2014 Minneapolis, MN - Third Iron, the library technology company behind the journal reading service BrowZine, announced a significant new venture during the Shifty Paradigms: New Technologies, New Visions conference today. "Released in 2012, BrowZine was viewed as a leading-edge technology," said Third Iron co-founder and President John Seguin.  "As researchers are increasingly relying on mobile devices, BrowZine has become mainstream and is used by tens of thousands of researchers … [Read more...]

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Guest Segment: Using BrowZine with Atlas.ti for Literature Reviews

March 11, 2014 by Third Iron

We receive a lot of great feedback from BrowZine users and we get to see the new, innovative ways people are integrating BrowZine into their research workflow. We recently received an email from Dr Ken Riopelle, a professor from Wayne State University (now retired but still very active); in it, Dr Riopelle details how he is using BrowZine with Atlas.ti, a popular QDA tool, to perform literature reviews. Third Iron is not affiliated with Atlas.ti, but we understand that our users rely on many … [Read more...]

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How to Find What You Aren’t Looking For with Browsing

March 5, 2014 by Third Iron

BrowZine has been available for almost a year and half now and the response has been tremendous. Not only have critical reviews been very positive but we have also received some great spontaneous comments over twitter, email and in-person at the various trade shows Third Iron has attended around the world. Most of our biggest fans understand that one of the most valuable aspects to BrowZine is how it has made the act of browsing journal content fast and easy and for those that this scholarly … [Read more...]

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Promoting BrowZine in the New Year

January 7, 2014 by Third Iron

New Year, New Users! By all accounts the 2013 holiday season was a great one for tablet manufacturers.  Apple and Samsung alone are expected to have shipped over 37 MILLION tablets in just December.  With so many people buying tablets, not to mention the millions of current users, it's likely that many of your researchers are returning to campus this month with a shiny new device. Welcome these new mobile users with BrowZine!  Our Marketing Tools for Libraries make promoting BrowZine easy. … [Read more...]

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Charleston Advisor rates BrowZine 4 out of 5 Stars

November 4, 2013 by Third Iron

The October issue of the Charleston Advisor contains a very thorough review of BrowZine by Vera Lux at Bowling Green State University where the service was rated a composite score of 4 of 5 stars! From the review: With the ever-increasing transition to electronic-only journal hold- ings and full text databases, the ability to browse academic journals has become more difficult. BrowZine aims to restore this ability to scholars by leveraging the power and popularity of tablet devices. The product … [Read more...]

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New Marketing Support Rolling Out

July 31, 2013 by Third Iron

I am pleased to announce today is the launch of our new Marketing Tools for Libraries webpage.  Loaded with great, ready to use resources, this page will help you to promote BrowZine both inside and outside your library.  Check it out and get started today at https://thirdiron.com/marketing-tools-for-libraries/ Our current Widget has proven a great way to create awareness and use of BrowZine and we are making it even better with new sizes and functionality.  Available by August 15, the new … [Read more...]

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BrowZine Newsletter: July 2013

July 17, 2013 by Third Iron

Based on popular demand, we will be posting our regular newsletters! July 2013 Newsletter Android Now Available We are very excited to announce that BrowZine for Android tablets is now available!  We are officially supporting the Google Nexus, Samsung Galaxy, and Kindle Fire HD on the Ice Cream Sandwich platforms. For libraries that have signed up for Android access, please find and download BrowZine at the Google Play or Amazon stores.  Then, find your school and start browsing! Interest in … [Read more...]

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BrowZine featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education

April 5, 2013 by Third Iron

BrowZine was recently reviewed in the very well-read blog "Professor Hacker" at the Chronicle of Higher Education.  As the reviewer writes: Browzine could be a very useful technology. I can imagine sitting down with it and over a cup of coffee, scanning through the latest journals in my field. It certainly has been enjoyable scanning through the latest number of American Literary History. This review has spurned hundreds of emails, downloads and tweets helping to bring BrowZine to more and more … [Read more...]

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Third Iron Forms Partnership with MCLS

March 15, 2013 by Third Iron

The Midwest Collaborative for Library Services recently announced a partnership with Third Iron that will provide access to BrowZine for a number of Michigan libraries.  As they note in their press release, this is a "pilot program to investigate the feasibility of a direct marketing service for its members." MCLS quotes me as saying that I could not be more thrilled, and they are right.  I've had the terrific pleasure of working with MCLS throughout my professional career, starting when when … [Read more...]

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Library Marketing: We’re In This Together

March 11, 2013 by Third Iron

Nancy Dowd recently wrote of the difficulty libraries have in successfully marketing their services, an observation Michelle Kraft noted has been bouncing around in her head ever since she read it.  It’s been bouncing around in my head, too. We have been thrilled with the excitement around BrowZine and grateful to count a growing number of libraries as our customers.  But selling a subscription is just the start of what we want to be a long partnership, both with our libraries and the people … [Read more...]

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