EBSCO announces support for open discovery initiative recommendations - June 27, 2014
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) fully supports the final recommendations of the Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) working group for best practices for discovery services. EBSCO participated in the ODI Committee and the resulting recommendations are in line with EBSCO's open policies around metadata sharing… Read More
AAP statement on BISG withdrawal from Bookstats joint venture - June 24, 2014
On June 19, the Book Industry Study Group Board voted not to renew its joint agreement with the Association of American Publishers to continue as co-producers of the annual BookStats survey capturing the estimated size and scope of the publishing industry. … Read More
Apple agrees to settle ebook antitrust case with US states, others - June 19, 2014
Computer and software firm Apple Inc., US, has reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement to lay an antitrust lawsuit regarding ebook price fixing to rest. The class-action lawsuit, brought forward by 33 U.S. states, alleged that Apple was a dominant figure in an ebook price-fixing conspiracy designed… Read More
Infotrieve selected as an approved vendor with FEDLINK - June 18, 2014
Infotrieve, Inc., a leader in global-enterprise SaaS software and business services for scientific, technical and medical (STM) published content access and management, has been selected as an approved vendor with FEDLINK, the Federal Library and Information Network, which includes more than 1,000 federal library and information… Read More
ACCUCOMS to represent Ephorus in the MENA region - June 17, 2014
ACCUCOMS, a provider of sales and marketing services for publishers, will now represent Ephorus in the Middle East and North Africa regions. Ephorus is a Dutch organisation that aims to support educational establishments in the prevention of plagiarism. It enables the owners of content to check… Read More
OCLC Research publishes framework to help organise and drive discussions about evolving scholarly record - June 6, 2014
Library information provider OCLC Research has developed a framework that has been published in the report, The Evolving Scholarly Record, to help organise and drive discussions about the changing scholarly record. The ways and means of scholarly inquiry are experiencing fundamental change, with consequences for… Read More
CrossRef Text and Data Mining now available to CrossRef members - May 30, 2014
CrossRef, a not-for-profit association of worldwide scholarly publishers, has announced that the CrossRef Text and Data Mining services, allowing publishers to provide information that will simplify access arrangements for researchers who desire to mine and analyse scholarly publisher sites, is now available to CrossRef members. The… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry responds to Pfizer’s proposed takeover of AstraZeneca - May 2, 2014
The Royal Society of Chemistry together with members of the Drug Discovery Pathways Group - Society of Biology, Biochemical Society and British Pharmacological Society –has issued a statement in response to news of a possible takeover of UK pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca by Pfizer. According to… Read More
IHS Inc. granted new patent for proprietary, next-generation search technology - April 28, 2014
IHS Inc., a global source of critical information and insight, has announced that it has been granted a new patent for the question-answering technology behind its IHS Goldfire software, used by companies to accelerate research and power innovation. Patent No. 8,666,730, labeled "Question-Answering System and… Read More
Reprints Desk files for NASDAQ Capital Market listing - April 24, 2014
Reprints Desk, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Research Solutions, Inc. (RSSS), has announced that it has filed an application for listing its common shares on The NASDAQ Capital Market. The Company's proposed listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market is subject to review by NASDAQ and dependent upon… Read More
