BISG announces publication of new Policy Statement endorsing EPUB 3 - August 7, 2012
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG), a US-based book industry trade association, has announced the publication of a new Policy Statement endorsing EPUB 3 as the accepted and preferred standard for representing, packaging, and encoding structured and semantically enhanced Web content - including XHTML, CSS, SVG,… Read More
Universities adopting Mendeley’s data dashboard to accelerate research analytics - August 7, 2012
Various academic institutions in North America, Europe and Asia have signed up to Institutional Edition, a new data dashboard from Mendeley, a UK-based startup. The dashboard analyses the research activity and impact on the global research community in real time - down from the 3-5 year… Read More
OCLC recommends Open Data Commons Attribution License for WorldCat data - August 7, 2012
OCLC, a US-based nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organisation, is recommending the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-BY) for member institutions that would like to release their library catalogue data on the Web. This open data license provides the means for users to… Read More
Delmar and International Code Council announce Code Basics book series to help make code concepts more user-friendly - August 7, 2012
Learning solutions provider Delmar, part of Cengage Learning, US, and the International Code Council (ICC), the publisher of the family of International Codes, have announced the Code Basics series, a new series of publications that break down the language within the 2012 International Codes (I-Codes) and… Read More
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News launches ‘Biotech Boulevard’ microsite - August 7, 2012
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN), a publication of Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., has launched a microsite called Biotech Boulevard. Biotech Boulevard features entrepreneurial biotechnology firms that are already making their mark on the global bio-industry. Many of these promising young companies are engaged in… Read More
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
