AAP files amicus curiae brief in important copyright case concerning whether ‘used’ creative digital content can be resold in the online environment - May 15, 2017
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has filed an amicus curiae brief in Capitol Records, LLC v. Redigi, Inc., an important copyright case concerning whether 'used' creative digital content can be resold in the online environment. AAP has urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the… Read More
Association of Research Libraries publishes Data Curation, SPEC Kit 354 - May 15, 2017
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Data Curation, SPEC Kit 354, an exploration of the infrastructure that ARL member institutions are using for the active and ongoing management of data through its life cycle of interest and usefulness to scholarly and educational activities. This… Read More
Summary of COAR Annual Meeting - May 15, 2017
The COAR Annual Meeting took place at the Università Ca' Foscari in Venice, Italy, on May 8-10, 2017. Eighty international delegates attended the three day meeting, which focused on fostering closer collaboration across countries and regions, and facilitating dialogue about issues of common concern. … Read More
Marist College to integrate Ex Libris Alma and Summon - May 15, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that Marist College, in Poughkeepsie, New York, will be adopting the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform, to be used in conjunction with the Summon® discovery service. Replacing the library's Voyager® integrated library system (ILS), the combination of Summon… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 15, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: James Hartley and Guillaume Cabanac (Why has submitting a manuscript to a journal become so difficult? A call to simplify an overly complicated process); Cat William (Interpreting altmetrics); EBSCOpost Blog (Be Choosy: Choose Library Books Based on Choice (Outstanding Academic… Read More
Clarivate Analytics and Digital Measures partner to integrate Web of Science and InCites content into Activity Insight - May 12, 2017
For many academic institutions, keeping faculty activity and profiles up to date is a time-consuming data entry exercise. With the newly announced partnership between Clarivate Analytics and Digital Measures, Web of Science and InCites content is now integrated into Activity Insight™, Digital Measures faculty activity reporting… Read More
