STM, British Library frame licence agreement for document delivery outside UK - September 8, 2011
The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) and the British Library have agreed a framework licence agreement to be entered into directly between individual publishers and the British Library. The agreement governs the supply of copies of articles from the British Library's Document… Read More
OCLC and HathiTrust in deal to integrate HathiTrust full-text index into OCLC services - September 8, 2011
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has signed an agreement with HathiTrust to integrate the HathiTrust full-text index into OCLC services, enabling member libraries and their users to more easily discover resources from this digital collection through WorldCat. Under this new agreement,… Read More
Second Circuit ruling limiting First Sale doctrine seen to affect libraries - September 8, 2011
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a lower court decision finding that the 'First Sale' doctrine in the US copyright law - the provision that enables libraries to lend and consumers to re-sell books they have lawfully purchased - does not apply to works manufactured outside the US.… Read More
JSTOR opens access to Early Journal Content - September 8, 2011
JSTOR, the preservation archive and research platform arm of the not-for-profit ITHAKA, is offering free access to journal content in JSTOR published prior to 1923 in the US and prior to 1870 elsewhere. This 'Early Journal Content' includes discourse and scholarship in the arts and humanities,… Read More
Web 2.0 Summit adds new speakers to 2011 lineup - September 8, 2011
Federated Media, O'Reilly Media and UBM TechWeb, co-producers of the Web 2.0 Summit, have announced new additions to the list of speakers who will take the stage at this year's event. The event is scheduled for October 17-19, 2011, at the Palace… Read More
ebrary announces partnership with James Bennett and Australian Academic Press - September 8, 2011
E-books and research technology provider ebrary, US, has partnered with James Bennett, a library acquisitions services supplier, to make e-books more readily and efficiently available to libraries throughout Australia. Libraries may now seamlessly integrate ebrary's e-books into their acquisition workflow by ordering titles directly through James… Read More
