Leading agriculture innovator Syngenta implements Thomson IP Manager software, patent payments and services - March 6, 2013
The Intellectual Property (IP) & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a partnership to provide Syngenta, a leading agricultural company, with an integrated, enterprise-wide asset management solution. The partnership aims to standardise and centralise IP and legal contracting processes. It will support the development of… Read More
LWW and the American College of Sports Medicine launch seven new exercise science manuals and textbooks - March 6, 2013
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has published seven new editions of their exercise science list in partnership with the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Several titles provide the content students and professionals must master to obtain multiple… Read More
IOP Publishing names Natasha Mellins-Cohen as new Head of Content Management - March 6, 2013
Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP), UK, has announced the appointment of Natasha Mellins-Cohen as the new Head of Content Management, effective April 2, 2013. Natasha succeeds Sharon Toop, who retired at the end of 2012 as Head of Production, after 38 years with IOP Publishing.… Read More
LCA submits reply comments to US Copyright Office’s orphan works NOI - March 6, 2013
The US' Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) has filed reply comments with the US Copyright Office in response to the latter's October 22, 2012 Notice of Inquiry (NOI). The NOI was about the current state of play with orphan works and mass digitisation. LCA reviewed the… Read More
bepress to preserve Digital Commons ejournals with the CLOCKSS Archive - March 6, 2013
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced that academic publisher Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) has entered into an agreement with CLOCKSS to preserve ejournals hosted on bepress Digital Commons publishing repositories. The journals are all participants in the new Digital Commons Publishing Services programme, which is designed to… Read More
NISO publishes maintenance revisions of Dublin Core and SUSHI standards - March 6, 2013
The US' National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the publication of maintenance revisions of two widely used standards: The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set and The Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) Protocol. Both standards were revised to make very minor updates. The Dublin… Read More
