Canada’s Competition Bureau signs consent agreements with four publishers regarding e-book pricing policies - February 10, 2014
Canada's Competition Bureau has reportedly reached consent agreements with four multinational publishers regarding their e-book pricing policies. The agreements resolve the Bureau's concerns that the four companies - Hachette Book Group Canada, Simon & Schuster Canada, HarperCollins Canada and Macmillan Canada -… Read More
Explore data management, innovation, publishing and more with spring 2014 ACRL e-learning - February 10, 2014
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is offering a wide variety of online learning opportunities in spring 2014 to meet the demands of your schedule and budget. ACRL online courses provide asynchronous, multi-week content with weekly readings and assignments. Online courses scheduled for… Read More
FCC grants one-year waiver of e-reader accessibility requirement - February 10, 2014
On January 28, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a one-year waiver exempting e-readers from the requirement that equipment used for advanced communication services (ACS) be accessible to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities. The FCC granted the waiver in response to a petition filed by… Read More
Jisc announces programme and headline speakers for Digital Festival - February 10, 2014
Jisc has announced the programme, including four headline speakers, for its upcoming Digital Festival on March 11 – 12, 2014. Keynote speakers for the 2014 Digital Festival include Sugata Mitra, TED winner and pioneer behind the Hole in the Wall project; Diana Oblinger, the CEO… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 10, 2014
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Judy Luther (Altmetrics Boosted by EBSCO’s Acquisition of Plum Analytics); Patrick Dunleavy (Why do academics choose useless titles for articles and chapters? Four steps to getting a better title); David Crotty (The UK Government Looks to Double Dip to Pay… Read More
American Geophysical Union and Wiley launch new OA journal – Earth and Space Science - February 7, 2014
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) have announced the creation of a new all open access peer-reviewed journal, Earth and Space Science. Marking AGU's second new open access journal in the last 12 months, Earth… Read More
