JISC’s executive secretary calls for more strategic debate on OA - December 15, 2010
JISC's executive secretary, Dr Malcolm Read, has called for more strategic debate on Open Access (OA) among funders, researchers and institutional managers. Speaking at the expert conference on Open Access and Open Data in Cologne, Germany, Dr. Read said that more needs to be done to… Read More
Nature Publishing Group announces open access options for 15 more journals - December 15, 2010
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced open access options for fifteen more journals. Forty-one journals published by NPG now offer authors an open access option or are wholly open access, including 80 percent of its 50 academic and society journals. In total, NPG… Read More
Panel to study safety of electronic patient data formed - December 15, 2010
US President Barack Obama, almost two years ago, initiated $19 billion in stimulus incentives to convert the nation's hospitals and doctors to using a paperless system of electronic health records. The initiative was aimed at improving quality of care and reducing costs. However, the adaptation is still a slow work… Read More
W3C issues best practices to create smarter mobile web applications - December 15, 2010
The World Wide Web Consortium has announced a new standard that will make it easier for developers and content providers to create mobile Web applications. The Mobile Web Application Best Practices, published as a W3C Recommendation, offers practical advice from many mobile Web stakeholders for the… Read More
OCLC files motion to dismiss case alleging anticompetitive practices - December 15, 2010
OCLC has filed a motion in the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to dismiss a lawsuit filed by SkyRiver Technology Solutions and Innovative Interfaces, Inc. against OCLC. On July 28, 2010, SkyRiver Technology Solutions and Innovative Interfaces, Inc. filed a suit… Read More
Elsevier Executable Paper Grand Challenge to improve how scientific information is communicated and used - December 15, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it has launched a new competition that invites scientists to improve how data intensive research is represented in a scholarly journal article. The Elsevier Executable Paper Grand Challenge is designed to enhance how scientific information is used and communicated… Read More
