ARL releases resource packet comprising information on legal and policy issues concerning orphan works - September 14, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries has released a 'Resource Packet on Orphan Works: Legal and Policy Issues for Research Libraries.' Prepared by Prudence Adler, Jonathan Band, and Brandon Butler, the resource packet provides general information on legal and policy issues concerning orphan works and the… Read More
STM, British Library frame licence agreement for document delivery outside UK - September 8, 2011
The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) and the British Library have agreed a framework licence agreement to be entered into directly between individual publishers and the British Library. The agreement governs the supply of copies of articles from the British Library's Document… Read More
EFPIA expresses support for full transparency of clinical data - September 6, 2011
The European Medicines Agency has carried out a consultation on increased transparency and access to information included in companies' applications for marketing authorisation. In its response submitted recently, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) expressed support for the release… Read More
JISC Legal responds to cloud computing developments - September 1, 2011
Colleges and universities now have a toolkit to help them make confident, informed decisions about the legal issues surrounding cloud computing. JISC Legal has responded to a growing demand for guidance on cloud solutions by creating a comprehensive ‘Cloud computing and the law’ toolkit. The… Read More
US health dept. updates financial conflict of interest rules for researchers - August 26, 2011
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued an updated Final Rule on conflict of interest, providing a framework for identifying, managing and ultimately avoiding investigators' financial conflicts of interest. Staff from the National Institutes of Health worked with… Read More
SPIE objects to House subcommittee decision to end James Webb Space Telescope - August 8, 2011
SPIE, an international society for optics and photonics, is objecting to a decision by the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Space to terminate the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Ending the JWST project would waste billions of taxpayer dollars that have already been invested,… Read More
JISC welcomes UK government’s endorsement of Hargreaves report on IP - August 4, 2011
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has welcomed the government's decision to endorse all the recommendations made by Prof. Ian Hargreaves outlined within his independent review of Intellectual Property (IP) and Growth. The fundamental aim of the consultation was to identify barriers to growth… Read More
RSC responds to UK Science and Technology Committee report on peer review - July 29, 2011
RSC Publishing has announced that its acting managing director, Dr. James Milne, has responded to the UK Parliament's Science and Technology Committee report on peer review. The report is said to clearly highlight and confirm the essential role of pre-publication peer review, a view shared… Read More
EC seeks public views on access and preservation of digital scientific information - July 19, 2011
The European Commission (EC) recently launched a public consultation on access to, and preservation of, digital scientific information. This is part of an initiative of Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice President for the Digital Agenda, and Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Commissioner for Research and Innovation. It is… Read More
Washington University in St. Louis Faculty Senate adopts Open Access Resolution - June 30, 2011
The Washington University in St. Louis Faculty Senate has adopted an Open Access Resolution that encourages faculty members to make their scholarly and creative works freely available online. The resolution also includes a recommendation for University Libraries and the Bernard Becker Medical Library to develop the… Read More
