Google and Twitter pour cold water on
(arstechnica.com): Google and Twitter have weighed in on the "hot news" doctrine, which grants newspapers in some states a time-limited, quasi-property right over facts they report, arguing that the legal concept is old 'n' busted in the instantaneous Internet age. The companies filed an amicus brief in the legal case… Read More
Health Sites Use Semantic Technologies to Provide Better Results
(newsbreaks.infotoday.com): Searching for health information continues to be one of the most dominant areas of web search activity. Over the years, we've seen the development of better search capabilities in a newer generation of search engines that draw on semantic technologies (the meaning of language) to provide concept-based searching, in… Read More
Jon Stewart Rips Google’s Net Neutrality Flip Flop
(huffingtonpost.com): On "The Daily Show" last night, Jon Stewart skewered Google for flip-flopping on the issue of net neutrality--and violating its "don't be evil" motto--by joining forces with Verizon to draw up a controversial policy proposal for managing Internet traffic. Stewart showed clips of Google VP and "father of the… Read More
While Waiting for Mandates: The Fruits of Tireless Advocacy at the Open University
(openaccess.eprints.org): Much debate exists in the literature, on listservs, and in the blogosphere as to whether a successful and sustainable repository can be achieved solely through advocacy, management, and development, or whether this is only likely to happen if an institutional mandate is introduced. A much quoted figure is that… Read More
How Metadata Can Eliminate the Need for Pay Walls
(pbs.org): Pay walls represent both a practical and philosophical shift in the provision of news on the net. They represent a shift from the openness that has defined the early history of the web, to a closed world much more reminiscent of the 20th century's constrained media environment. Erect a… Read More
NMSU library cuts spark research concerns
(lcsun-news.com): A plan by New Mexico State University to curtail its periodical and academic journal subscriptions has prompted unease among members of the campus community. The journals especially offer the most up-to-date, peer-reviewed research - the information usually appears in books much later - and serve as the basis for… Read More
Open Access Week 2010
(blogs.openaccesscentral.com): Open Access Week 2010 is just around the corner. Taking place between 18th-24th Oct, this global event aims to open the public’s eyes to the benefits of open access in scholarly publishing and its impact on scientific progress across disciplines and society as a whole. Read More
PEER Annual Report – Year 2 available
(peerproject.eu): PEER (Publishing and the Ecology of European Research), supported by the EC eContentplus programme, is investigating the potential effects of the large-scale, systematic depositing of authors’ final peer-reviewed manuscripts (so called Green Open Access or stage-two research output) on reader access, author visibility, and journal viability, as well as… Read More
Tablets and E-Readers Give Hope to Publishers, but Not Broadcasters
(dailyfinance.com): Listening to the messianic way publishers talk about the Apple (AAPL) iPad and other tablet reading devices, it's hard not to ascribe some of their enthusiasm to the wishful thinking of people who see their own extinction approaching. But a new yet to be released consumer research suggests their… Read More
Virtual E-Book Summit Targets Libraries
(publishersweekly.com): A one-day online event that featured a keynote by technologist Ray Kurzweil and more than 15 hours of presentations, "E-Books: Libraries at the Tipping Point" focused on every aspect of the developing e-book market and its impact on public, school, and academic libraries. Held September 29 and organized by… Read More
