US open access law gain ground among universities, Congress - May 6, 2010
The US' National Institutes of Health (NIH), for the past several years, has implemented an open access policy as mandated by the Congress. The policy requires any work derived from NIH funding to be sent to the NIH in digital form for public access. There have been periodic attempts to… Read More
US govt. may introduce regulation of broadband lines for Internet access - May 6, 2010
The US federal government is looking to propose regulating broadband lines under decades-old rules designed for traditional phone networks. The decision, announced by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, is expected to trigger a lobbying battle, setting out cable companies and big phone and their allies… Read More
Bowker, Google in deal to optimise the identification, cataloging and discovery of Google Editions - May 6, 2010
Bibliographic information provider Bowker, US, a business unit of ProQuest, has reached an agreement with Google to provision and facilitate the assignment of ISBN numbers to Google Editions, Google’s digital book offering launching later in 2010. The agreement sets an important publishing… Read More
Scientific American’s archive to 1948 now available online - May 6, 2010
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group, UK, has announced Scientific American's online archive for institutional customers on nature.com at www.nature.com/scientificamerican/archive. The Scientific American online archive contains the complete collection of Scientific American from May 1948 to December 2005. Containing over 650 issues and… Read More
COPE signs up as partner in Second World Conference on Research Integrity - May 6, 2010
The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) has announced that it is supporting, and has had a substantial input into, the organisation of the Second World Research Integrity Conference, slated for July 21-24, 2010 in Singapore. COPE is one of the major partners in the conference and… Read More
WIN Symposium announces awards for young researches in personalised care - May 6, 2010
The Worldwide Innovative Networking (WIN) Consortium, supported by its media partner Nature Publishing Group, is encouraging the participation of young researchers at this year’s WIN Symposium by offering awards for the best poster and oral presentations. The second annual WIN Symposium is scheduled for July 7-9,… Read More
