Authors groups join lawsuit against HathiTrust over orphan works - October 7, 2011
The UK Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society, the Norwegian Nonfiction Writers and Translators Association, the Swedish Writers Union, the Writers’ Union of Canada, and four individual authors are among the new plaintiffs in an amended complaint filed recently in the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust case. Individual… Read More
PEER report examines awareness of open access among authors and users - October 7, 2011
The Publishing and the Ecology of European Research (PEER) Behavioural Research Team from Loughborough University (Department of Information Science & LISU) has completed the behavioural research commissioned by PEER. The research, which consisted of two phases, adopted mixed methods approach consisting of surveys, focus groups and… Read More
Association of Online Publishers selects comScore for major advertising effectiveness research project in the UK - October 7, 2011
comScore, Inc., a US-based provider of digital marketing information, has announced that it has been selected by the Association of Online Publishers (AOP) to conduct a study focused on how trusted websites can deliver higher returns on advertising investment. AOP is an industry body representing online… Read More
EBSCO announces enhancements to EBSCONET ERM Essentials - October 7, 2011
Information services provider EBSCO, US, has announced that EBSCONET ERM Essentials, the company’s e-resource management system (ERM), was recently upgraded to include improved navigation, hover-over previews, and more. These enhancements, a direct result of customer feedback, are designed to make this cutting-edge tool even more effective… Read More
Casalini Libri collections now searchable via Ex Libris Primo Central Index - October 7, 2011
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Casalini Libri has joined the rapidly expanding group of information providers whose scholarly content is searchable in the Primo Central Index. Casalini Libri will enable Primo Central to index Torrossa.it, a full-text platform that contains… Read More
DataContent 2011 conference scheduled for November 2 - October 7, 2011
Consulting and research firm InfoCommerce Group, US, is organising the DataContent 2011 conference from November 2-4, 2011, at Philadelphia. Per Lofving, President and General Manager, B2B Anywhere, is one of the speakers at the conference. With the introduction of the iPad and other mobile tablets, and… Read More
