NISO to maintain the UKSG Transfer Code of Practice - February 10, 2015
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and UKSG have announced that the Transfer Code of Practice will now be supported and maintained by NISO. The Code provides voluntary guidelines for publishers to follow when transferring journal titles between parties to ensure that… Read More
Department Of Justice not to challenge IEEE’s proposal to update patent policy - February 5, 2015
The US' Department of Justice has announced that it will not challenge a proposal by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) to update the IEEE Standards Association's (IEEE-SA) patent policy. That policy governs the incorporation of patented technology in… Read More
American Publishers and Authors require OFAC to permit US publication of books and articles from Syria - January 23, 2015
A coalition of leading publisher and author associations has written to the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the Treasury Department demanding that it revise trade regulations that effectively prohibit American publishers from publishing books and journal articles written by Syrian authors. The Association… Read More
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation set to introduce new open access policy in January 2015 - December 22, 2014
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is set to introduce an open access policy next month for the studies it funds that goes further than most other research funders. According to Trevor Mundel, the foundation's president of global health, the policy will enable other researchers… Read More
American Chemical Society presents Congress with agenda of critical, unfinished science legislation - September 11, 2014
Now that Congress has returned from recess, the American Chemical Society (ACS) has identified key areas of unfinished science legislation that if implemented would greatly benefit the US economy, prepare youth for high-paying jobs and ensure America remains globally competitive. This legislation includes: America COMPETES… Read More
NIH issues final NIH Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) policy - August 28, 2014
The National Institutes of Health has issued a final NIH Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) policy to promote data sharing as a way to speed the translation of data into knowledge, products and procedures that improve health while protecting the privacy of research participants. The final policy… Read More
IFLA and LIBER sign new Memorandum of Understanding - August 20, 2014
The International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions (IFLA) and LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. LIBER and IFLA share objectives in promoting access to knowledge for education, learning, and research. Significant areas of interest… Read More
EMA draft policy update on access to EudraVigilance database seeks right to censor scientific work that uses the data - August 8, 2014
The European Medicines Agency (EMA), earlier this week, released a draft policy update on access to the data from the EudraVigilance database, which seems to imply they want the right to censor scientific work that uses the data. Managed by the EMA, EudraVigilance is the… Read More
TISP launches policy recommendations: the first operational guidelines to boost innovation in book publishing and ICT - July 29, 2014
The TISP network (Technology Innovation for Smart Publishing), the European project coordinated by the Italian Publishers Association which gathers 25 organisations from 12 European countries, has released a set of policy recommendations, giving the publishing and technology sectors a common base at European level to foster… Read More
Jisc welcomes publication of Government response to independent report produced by FELTAG - June 18, 2014
Jisc has welcomed the publication of the Government response to the independent report, produced by the Further Education Learning Technology Action Group (FELTAG), encouraging innovation in the use of technology by the UK further education system. Matthew Hancock, Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise,… Read More
