Leading US copyright experts to debate ‘Fair Use’ at Charles Clark Memorial Lecture - February 8, 2017
Delegates at The London Book Fair will in 2017 hear two eminent copyright law specialists debate one of the most controversial areas of international copyright law – the doctrine of Fair Use. Judge Pierre Leval of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second… Read More
Knowledge Unlatched and JSTOR partner to study usage of Open Access books - February 6, 2017
Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the Open Access initiative supporting monographs in the humanities and social sciences, and JSTOR, the digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources, are partnering to study usage patterns in Open Access by cross-promoting KU titles. While… Read More
Quertle and Elsevier collaborate to integrate ScienceDirect full-text searching within new artificial intelligence discovery tool - February 6, 2017
Quertle, developer of the first artificial intelligence (AI) biomedical big data discovery platform (BioAI™) for biomedical literature, and STM publisher Elsevier have announced that searching of the full-text biomedical and life science content on ScienceDirect, Elsevier's leading information source with over 14… Read More
STM Online services to grow, says new Simba Information report - February 2, 2017
Media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information has released a report, STM Online Services 2016-2020, according to which, online services continue to be the fastest growing of all content delivery segments, faster than journals and much faster than books. Before elimination of trading between publishers,… Read More
SAGE Publishing relaunches MethodSpace with new Big Data Hub - February 2, 2017
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced the relaunch of its popular MethodSpace website, a free-entry online community with over 20,000 registered social and behavioural science researchers. The revamped site includes a hub focused on how social science research is using big data. Since 2009 MethodSpace… Read More
OpenAthens white paper reveals the importance of information security for authentication systems - January 31, 2017
OpenAthens has published a new white paper that discusses the complexities facing information professionals and publishers when ensuring the security of access and authentication processes. The online information landscape is incredibly complex, with essential digital resources present in almost every industry – from academic to… Read More
