NISO launches E-book special interest group to foster collaborative work - May 9, 2011
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and its Architecture Committee have announced the creation of a Special Interest Group focused on e-books (the NISO E-book SIG). Simultaneous with the formation of the group, NISO is issuing a call for participation in the E-book SIG and its… Read More
Scientific American archive collection from 1910-1947 now available on nature.com - May 9, 2011
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, is offering institutional customers the latest Scientific American archive collection for the years January 1910 - December 1947 on nature.com at www.nature.com/scientificamerican/archive. The collection brings together 38 years of historic advancements in science, technology… Read More
SPARC Europe to host online event on open access projects - May 9, 2011
SPARC Europe, an alliance of European research libraries, library organisations and research institutions, has announced a free SPARC Europe online event. The event is scheduled for June 7, 2011, from 12:00 - 1:00 PM GMT. Registration is free, but required, and limited to SPARC worldwide members.… Read More
W3C set to develop peer-to-peer browser standards - May 9, 2011
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is reportedly set to develop standards to enable direct peer-to-peer communications between browsers, without the need to go through centralised servers. The W3C has launched a new Web Real-Time Communications Working Group to define client-side APIs to enable real-time… Read More
Census Bureau Director elected as new member of the National Academy of Sciences - May 9, 2011
The U.S. Census Bureau has announced that Director Robert Groves has been elected as a new member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for his excellence in original scientific research. Elected into the behavioural and social sciences section, Groves will be… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 9, 2011
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (E-Readers Still Have Limitations, But the Path Forward Is Clearer); Casey Brienza (Communication or Credentialing? On the Value of Academic Publishing); Stevan Harnad (The Green Open Access Citation Advantage: Within-Journal Versus Between-Journal Comparisons); Patricio Robles (Tablets aren't killers:… Read More
