The latest edition of blogspeak is now online - June 22, 2009
The latest edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are Kent Anderson (Two-Up Publishing & the Erosion of Print); Andy Oram (Four roles for publishers: staying relevant when you are no longer a gatekeeper); Stuart Shieber ("Don't ask, don't tell" rights retention for scholarly articles); Philip Davis (Physics Papers and… Read More
Unbound Medicine and AAP launch mobile version of Red Book - June 19, 2009
Healthcare knowledge management solutions provider Unbound Medicine, US, and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have announced the launch of Red Book for Mobile + Web. The latest findings and clinical guidelines contained in the new 28th edition of Red Book is now available on any… Read More
Harvard Graduate School of Education faculty votes for open access policy - June 19, 2009
At its latest meeting, the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) voted for allowing the university to make all faculty members' scholarly articles publicly available online. The resolution makes HGSE the fourth of Harvard's 10 schools to endorse open access to faculty research… Read More
Springer expands agreement with Portico - June 19, 2009
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that STM publisher Springer, Germany, has expanded its agreement with the digital preservation service. The company has named Portico as a mechanism for perpetual access (also known as post-cancellation access) for its more than 800 titles preserved… Read More
Guide to Google Book Search amended agreement released - June 19, 2009
The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) have announced the release of 'A Guide for the Perplexed Part II: The Amended Google-Michigan Agreement.' The guide… Read More
Nature honored as ‘journal of the century’ - June 19, 2009
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group, UK, has announced that its leading weekly scientific journal, Nature, has been named 'journal of the century' by the BioMedical & Life Sciences Division (DBIO) of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). The award was presented at the annual DBIO Business Luncheon… Read More
