House Assembly passes California Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act - June 3, 2013
The House Assembly has passed the California Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act (AB 609). The act is now set to be heard in the Senate later this summer. If AB 609 becomes law, it will unlock access to the results of more than $200 million in annual,… Read More
OCLC Research and Jisc to co-sponsor first European MOOCs and Libraries conference - June 3, 2013
Library information provider OCLC Research and Jisc are co-sponsoring MOOCs and Libraries: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, a one-day event hosted by the Open University Library. The event, scheduled for July 12, will be held at the Pullman Hotel in Central London. The… Read More
Open Book Publishers win IFLA/Brill Open Access Award - June 3, 2013
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and academic publisher Brill have announced the winner of the IFLA/Brill Open Access Award for initiatives in the area of open access monograph publishing. The winner is Open Book Publishers, Cambridge (United Kingdom). Open Book Publishers (OBP)… Read More
SirsiDynix and Bibliotheca reaffirm global strategic partnership - June 3, 2013
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix and Bibliotheca have announced their intent to extend and strengthen their global strategic partnership. Working together, the two companies continue to win the business of some of the largest and most demanding RFID projects in the world. The most recent of… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 3, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Do We Need a Consumer Reports of Journals, Written by the Authors?); Alasdair Taylor (University-industry partnerships open up opportunities for academics, but a dose of caution is appropriate); Joseph Esposito (The Time Machine Investigates the First-sale Doctrine); Times… Read More
China boosts top quality science publications by 35 percent in 2012 - May 31, 2013
Authors based in China contributed 8.5 percent of all research papers published in Nature branded journals in 2012, up 35 percent on 2011 figures. This is according to the Nature Publishing Index 2012 (NPI) China, published as a supplement to Nature. Authors from institutions in China… Read More
