US federal judge approves DoJ’s e-book settlement with three publishers - September 10, 2012
US Federal Judge Denise Cote has approved the Department of Justice (DoJ)'s controversial settlement with three major publishers - Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster - in a 45-page decision. The settlement requires the publishers to allow e-book retailers to sell their books at any price,… Read More
US Dept. of Justice refutes objections raised over e-book pricing deal - August 24, 2012
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has said that arguments made by various organisations objecting to the final judgment reached between the government and Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster over e-book price fixing charges raise no real new issues. The DoJ has therefore asked that… Read More
Latest version of NCIP to support interoperability for resource sharing - August 24, 2012
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO), US, has announced the publication of the two-part American National Standard on the NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP), ANSI/NISO Z39.83. NCIP addresses the need for interoperability among disparate circulation, interlibrary loan, consortial borrowing and self-service applications by standardising the exchange… Read More
NISO brings out Journal Article Tag Suite Standard for journal publishers - August 23, 2012
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO), US, has announced the publication of a new American National Standard, JATS: Journal Article Tag Suite, ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2012. JATS provides a common XML format in which publishers and archives can exchange journal content by preserving the intellectual content of journals… Read More
CrossRef announces support for STM – DataCite statement - August 13, 2012
The International Association of STM Publishers (STM) and DataCite issued a joint statement on the Linkability and Citability of Research Data in June 2012. CrossRef, a US-based not-for-profit membership association of publishers, has now announced its support for this statement and the… Read More
BISG announces publication of new Policy Statement endorsing EPUB 3 - August 7, 2012
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG), a US-based book industry trade association, has announced the publication of a new Policy Statement endorsing EPUB 3 as the accepted and preferred standard for representing, packaging, and encoding structured and semantically enhanced Web content - including XHTML, CSS, SVG,… Read More
NISO and NFAIS issue new Recommended Practice on Online Supplemental Journal Article Materials, Part B for public comment - July 31, 2012
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the National Federation for Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) have issued a new Recommended Practice on Online Supplemental Journal Article Materials, Part B: Technical Recommendations (NISO RP-15-201x) for public comment until September 15, 2012. Although… Read More
UK govt. looking to open up access to publicly funded research - June 18, 2012
Scientific papers will soon be available freely online to the public in a UK government-backed project to open up knowledge at the expense of Britain's academic publishers, according to a report published in The Independent. The Coalition plans to stop publicly funded research going behind the… Read More
Academic publishers file proposed order for injunctive relief following Georgia State University ruling - June 4, 2012
Academic publishers Cambridge University Press (CUP), Oxford University Press (OUP) and SAGE Publications Inc. have filed a proposed order for injunctive relief with the Court in the Georgia State University e-reserves case. The move is in response to… Read More
NISO seeks public comment on draft Recommended Practice PIE-J: Presentation & Identification of E-Journals - May 31, 2012
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has released the draft Recommended Practice ‘PIE-J: Presentation & Identification of E-Journals’ (NISO RP-16-201x) for public review and comment through July 5, 2012. The PIE-J draft Recommended Practice and an online commenting form are available from the NISO PIE-J workroom… Read More
