Library Copyright Alliance supports GSU in amicus brief in copyright lawsuit - April 29, 2013
The US' Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) has filed a 'friend of the court' brief in support of Georgia State University (GSU) in the appeal of Cambridge U. Press et al. v. Mark P. Becker et al. In its brief, LCA argues that GSU's e-reserves policy is… Read More
ORCID, ISNI plan interoperability - April 24, 2013
ORCID and ISNI have issued a joint statement on the need for interoperation between the two organisations and about the first collaborative steps in defining system interoperability. While ORCID is an international, interdisciplinary, open and not-for-profit organisation, ISNI is a UK-based non-for-profit… Read More
Statement calls on universities to provide input on access to federally funded research - April 18, 2013
The Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Association of Research Libraries (ARL) have released a two-page statement by David E. Shulenburger, APLU's Vice President for Academic Affairs. The statement calls on the research university community to provide input to… Read More
SPARC releases new community resource on Article-Level Metrics - April 17, 2013
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has released a new community resource, Article-Level Metrics - A SPARC Primer, delving into Article-Level Metrics (ALMs) an emerging hot topic in the scholarly publishing arena. ALMs are rapidly emerging as important tools to quantify how individual… Read More
COPE holds European Seminar on publication ethics from student to professional - April 16, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central's in-house team of Biology and Medical Editors attended the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) European Seminar, held at Charles Darwin House, London. The theme of the seminar was 'Publication ethics from student to professional', and the talks ranged from the role… Read More
NISO publishes annual review issue of ‘Information Standards Quarterly’ - April 10, 2013
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has published the Spring 2013 issue of its Information Standards Quarterly (ISQ) magazine in open access on the NISO website. The magazine provides a summary of the 2012 standards development work conducted by NISO and by the international ISO Information… Read More
