Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division’s annual meet in Feb 2010 - December 28, 2009
The Professional & Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP), US, has announced that registrations for the PSP 2010 Annual Conference, scheduled for February 3-5, 2010, in Washington, DC, will close December 31, 2009. According to AAP, conference registration fee for 2010… Read More
Publishers applaud WTO Appellate Body decision regarding China - December 28, 2009
The Association of American Publishers, the national trade association of the US book publishing industry, recently issued a statement on the decision by the World Trade Organization Appellate Body affirming that China is in violation of its WTO obligations. According to the statement, the Association welcomes… Read More
British Library close to gaining legal powers to archive millions of websites - December 28, 2009
British Library, the national library of the UK, will reportedly gain legal powers to archive millions of websites after media reports exposed long delays in introducing the measures. The move by UK ministers to fast-track the provision of new legal powers to British Library follows warnings… Read More
Nominations for SURFshare Open Access Award now open - December 28, 2009
SURFshare, an experimental sandbox to help explore microcredit models for independent publishers, has announced that it is accepting nominations for its Open Access Award for outstanding efforts to promote Open Access. Nominations can be submitted on or before January 15, 2010. The award will honour two… Read More
Latest edition of blogspeak now online - December 28, 2009
The latest edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are Adam Penenberg (Forget E-Books: The Future of the Book Is Far More Interesting); Adam Raff (Search, but You May Not Find); Lecavs Blog (The Speedy Expansion of Online News Publishing); and David Crotty (The Unstoppable Corporate Force Meets the Immovable… Read More
US study examines a decade of public library use amid high Internet usage - December 24, 2009
The US’ Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced the release of a new research brief, ‘Service Trends in US Public Libraries, 1997-2007’. The brief seeks to identify important changes public libraries have made to address patron needs in an increasingly Internet-centric environment, and… Read More
