Publishing Technology platform to be deployed in TBI’s semantic web project - November 4, 2009
Publishing Technology, a UK-based provider of services to the publishing industry, has announced that it has joined Breathing Space, a semantic web collaboration between scholarly societies, as a technology partner. Publishing Technology will deploy its pub2web platform for Breathing Space, which is being coordinated by TBI… Read More
Dear Subscriber - November 4, 2009
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Scope eKnowledge Center to participate in Online Information 2009 event - November 3, 2009
Scope eKnowledge Center has announced that it is exhibiting (stall 754) at Online Information 2009, 1-3 December 2009, in London. R. Sivadas, Scope’s CEO, commented “We are delighted to be participating more actively in the information industries’ premier annual event as both an exhibitor and an… Read More
British Library welcomes UK govt. proposals on copyright legislation - November 3, 2009
The British Library, the national library of the UK, has announced that it expects researchers to benefit from proposals announced recently by Lord Mandelson and IP Minister, David Lammy. The Library has welcomed initiatives to make copyright fit for the digital age. It has long argued… Read More
India looking to give US, others access to traditional medicines database - November 3, 2009
India is in talks with the US and various other countries to grant access to its database of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL), media reports have indicated. The aim is to curb bio-piracy – the granting of ‘wrong’ patents – of Indian medicinal plants across the… Read More
Cornell University Library publishes manual on copyright issues in digitisation - November 3, 2009
US-based Cornell University Library has announced the release of a book titled Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for US Libraries, Archives, and Museums. The book is projected to help professionals at cultural heritage institutions address issues of using the Internet legally to improve public… Read More
