NISO releases updated draft of SERU: A Shared Electronic Resource Understanding for public comment - January 9, 2012
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the availability of a draft update of SERU: A Shared Electronic Resource Understanding for public comment (NISO RP-7-201X) through February 19, 2012. The SERU framework provides a set of common understandings for parties to reference as an alternative… Read More
British Library set to launch its International Non-Commercial Document Supply service - December 22, 2011
The Publishers Licensing Society (PLS) has agreed an extension of the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) Document Delivery Licence with the British Library that allows the licensed supply of articles to overseas non-commercial end-users via overseas not-for-profit libraries at a special fixed rate. The British Library… Read More
US Senators seek investigation into Google’s search results - December 20, 2011
US Senators Herb Kohl and Mike Lee are reportedly urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate whether Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, unfairly favours its own properties in search results. Kohl and Lee, both members of the Senate’s… Read More
British Library welcomes IPO consultation on the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property - December 15, 2011
The British Library, the national library of the UK, has welcomed the consultation (professional section) issued by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) which calls for evidence to inform the impact assessment of the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property. The British Library's submission to the Hargreaves… Read More
UNESCO endorses IFLA Manifesto for Digital Libraries - December 14, 2011
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has endorsed the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Manifesto for Digital Libraries at its General Conference 2011. The Manifesto provides principles to assist libraries in undertaking sustainable and interoperable digitisation activities to bridge the… Read More
Book Industry Study Group announces new Policy Statement on Best Practices for Identifying Digital Products - December 8, 2011
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has announced the publication of a new Policy Statement detailing best practices for assigning ISBNs to digital products. Developed over the past 18 months within BISG's Identification Committee, BISG Policy Statement POL-1101 addresses the critical need to reduce product identification… Read More
PSP signs document delivery agreement with British Library - December 2, 2011
The Executive Council of the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division (PSP), Association of American Publishers (AAP), has endorsed a new cross-border licensed document delivery service for educational uses developed by the British Library. Launching January 1, 2012, the International Non-Commercial Document… Read More
The British Library in deal with Elsevier and Taylor & Francis for document delivery outside the UK to non-commercial researchers - December 1, 2011
The British Library, the national library of the UK, has signed an agreement with publishers Elsevier and Taylor and Francis for document delivery outside the UK to non-commercial researchers. The agreement governs the supply of copies of articles from the British Library's Document Supply Service to… Read More
European Commission to adopt measures for Open Data Strategy - November 28, 2011
The European Commission (EC) will adopt an Open Data Strategy on November 29, consisting of a package of measures including regulatory measures. This would include a modification of the existing directive on the reuse of public sector information and deployment measures such as the creation of… Read More
IOP welcomes EPSRC statement on Shaping Capability funding initiative - November 28, 2011
The Institute of Physics (IOP) has welcomed the latest statement from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) on its funding policy. In that statement, EPSRC confirmed that research excellence would remain preeminent in assessing funding applications. The President and staff of IOP, together… Read More
