LCA submits statement on the role of copyright in innovation to the House Committee - July 29, 2013
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) recently submitted a statement on the role of copyright in innovation to the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. The committee has been conducting a series of hearings on copyright issues as a way to educate members and prepare… Read More
Platts launches Light Houston Sweet assessment to reflect US crude fundamentals - July 29, 2013
Energy and metals information provider Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has announced that it will publish a new daily oil price assessment – Platts Light Houston Sweet – that reflects the value of light sweet crude flowing from inland domestic production centers… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - July 29, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Rick Anderson (Dissertation Embargoes and the Rights of Scholars: AHA Smacks the Hornet’s Nest); Stevan Harnad (Green OA Embargoes: Just a Publisher Tactic for Delaying the Optimal and Inevitable); Tabitha Innocent (Communicating the uncertainty in science is necessary to improve… Read More
Elsevier articles on ScienceDirect and scientific and medical research data at Dryad now reciprocally linked - July 26, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Dryad Digital Repository, an archive for scientific and medical research data, have implemented two-way linking between their respective content. The Dryad Digital Repository provides facilities for archiving, discovery and accessibility of data files associated with any published article in the… Read More
New Thomson Reuters CompuMark whitepaper outlines strategies for effective brand expansion in China - July 26, 2013
Thomson Reuters CompuMark, a Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property & Science business and global leader in trademark searching and brand protection solutions, has released a whitepaper outlining best practices for companies to file and protect trademarks in China. The new paper, 'Best Practices for Brand Expansion in… Read More
Springer and W. Montague Cobb/National Medical Association Health Institute announce publishing agreement - July 26, 2013
STM Publisher Springer has entered into an agreement with the W. Montague Cobb/National Medical Association (NMA) Health Institute to publish the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Starting in 2014 the new society journal will be published quarterly, electronically on link.springer.com… Read More
