National Diet Library of Japan adds 4 million records to WorldCat - December 17, 2010
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced that the National Diet Library has successfully added 4 million records to WorldCat, an online resource for finding library materials. With this initiative, the Library seeks to make its research resources more visible and accessible to scholars, students and… Read More
ABM joining efforts to support US’ First Amendment right to gather and sell data - December 17, 2010
American Business Media (ABM), a grouping of business information companies, has reportedly joined with other publishing and data-collection associations and companies in supporting the US' First Amendment right to gather, market and sell data. This follows a reported split of opinion that has developed between two… Read More
US associations oppose provision expanding NIH public access policy to other agencies - December 17, 2010
Representatives of the American Physiological Society and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) have written a letter opposing legislation to expand a policy of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The legislation seeks to expand the NIH policy requiring that private-sector scientific… Read More
US Commerce Dept. releases policy framework for protecting consumer privacy online - December 17, 2010
The US' Department of Commerce has issued a report detailing initial policy recommendations aimed at promoting consumer privacy online while ensuring the Internet remains a platform that spurs innovation, job creation and economic growth. The report outlines a framework to increase protection of consumers' commercial data… Read More
Chemical Abstracts Service announces enhancements to SciFinder - December 17, 2010
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, recently introduced new enhancements to its research and discovery tool, SciFinder. These enhancements are expected to accelerate researchers' workflow and can be of importance to synthetic chemists and other researchers who are engaged in lab… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell launches new mobile applications for selected health science journals - December 17, 2010
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced the launch of new mobile applications for selected health science journals, accessible via iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Symbian, PalmOS, and WAP devices. The applications, which will be freely available, will… Read More
