Taylor & Francis expands public access through Access to Research project - February 11, 2014
Access to Research, a pilot initiative to give free, walk-in access to a wide range of academic articles and research in public libraries across the UK, launched this month with the support of Taylor & Francis Group. Through this service, library users will have access to… Read More
European Archival Records and Knowledge Preservation project awarded £6 million to save digital data - February 10, 2014
The European Commission has awarded £6M to archiving and digital preservation specialists to create E-ARK (European Archival Records and Knowledge Preservation), a method of archiving data that is set to become the gold standard across Europe. The system will ensure current digital archives, including 'big data,'… Read More
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
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
New open access funding pilot for Austria - February 6, 2014
IOP Publishing (IOP), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Physics, has announced a new pilot project together with the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), the Austrian Academic Consortium (Kooperation E-Medien Österreich) and the Austrian Central Library for Physics at the University of Vienna. The new… Read More
Access to Research initiative begins two year pilot - February 4, 2014
Students, independent researchers and small businesses can now access many of the world's best academic papers across science, technology, medicine and other disciplines through their local libraries. This is the result of a unique collaboration between librarians and publishers, who have made their journal content available for free to UK… Read More
