Reed Construction Data amends lawsuit against McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge - December 14, 2009
Construction information provider Reed Construction Data (RCD), US, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reed Elsevier, has amended a suit in federal court against McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge, a unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. The amended complaint raises new charges that Dodge unlawfully misappropriated RCD’s confidential and trade… Read More
ALPSP to host one day seminar on rights management for publishers - December 14, 2009
The Association of Learning and Professional Society Publishing (ALPSP) is organising a one day seminar titled ‘Know your Rights. Opportunities and Pitfalls in Content Licensing.’ Scheduled for January 27, 2010, the seminar will be chaired by Philip Shaw, Managing Director, Hodder Education Tertiary Publishing and Health… Read More
Columbia University joins Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity - December 14, 2009
Columbia University has joined several leading institutions of higher learning in a commitment to a Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity. Other signatories to the compact are Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California at Berkeley. The compact commits… Read More
BBC, British Library sign pact to widen access to content - December 14, 2009
The British Library and the BBC have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in a bid to make the content and assets of both organisations more widely available. Managed by a joint steering committee, the MoU seeks to develop new ways of integrating access to nearly a million… Read More
Co-Action Publishing to publish Medical Education Online - December 14, 2009
Co-Action Publishing, Sweden, has announced that it is set to publish the journal Medical Education Online (MEO). Since its inception in 1996, the journal has been self-published by Scholar Publisher and Chief Editor David Solomon of Michigan State University and more recently Co-Editor Ann Frye, University… Read More
Boliven offers access to PubMed patent, clinical trials, device and drug data - December 14, 2009
Boliven Publications, a free scientific abstract and bibliographic information service for Boliven Network Members, has announced that it now includes nearly 20 million PubMed citations and articles for free use by its members. It also offers weblinks to related free data in clinical trials, patents and… Read More
