Authors suing Google want $750 for each scanned book - August 6, 2012
Authors suing Internet search services provider Google Inc., US, over the digitising of books have reportedly asked the judge to order the company to pay $750 for each book it copied, distributed or displayed. The authors' filing, which had been lodged in… Read More
Questia’s new and improved Website to help students write better papers faster - August 6, 2012
Questia, an online library and research tool for students and part of Cengage Learning, US, has unveiled its new website featuring an expanded library, improved navigation for finding research faster and an interactive reader that will make the research experience easier for students. To celebrate its… Read More
PubMed Central renamed PMC, adopts new web page design - August 6, 2012
PubMed Central, the repository of the US’ National Institutes of Health, has shortened its name to PMC in a bid to avoid being confused with PubMed. It has also gone for a new look and feel, and has been updated to conform to NCBI's new standards… Read More
ARL joins LCA members and EFF in amicus brief supporting Google Book Settlement - August 3, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) recently joined other members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) - the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) - and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to file a friend of the court brief… Read More
EBSCO offers expanded access to eBooks on EBSCOhost via GOBI3 interface - August 3, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, and YBP Library Services, the academic division of Baker & Taylor, have expanded the EBSCO eBook models that are available in YBP's acquisition and collection development interface, GOBI3. Librarians who manage their e-book collections through GOBI3 now have additional… Read More
New Syracuse University Library website launches with Serials Solutions Summon service - August 3, 2012
Syracuse University Library has launched its new website highlighting the Summon web-scale discovery service from Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business. Librarians expect the search solution to improve access to the library's vast collection. Students and staff will experience simplified discovery of many types of resources across… Read More
