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
American Chemical Society emphasises need to pass patent reform bill - June 27, 2011
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has said that for a nation facing a looming deficit and difficult cuts to entitlements, passing H.R. 1249 and streamlining America's patent application process is one of the single-most productive steps Congress can take to improve the economy. H.R. 1249,… Read More
ICOLC opposes STM position on international interlibrary loan and document delivery - June 23, 2011
The International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) has joined the fray over the right of libraries to engage in international interlibrary loan and document delivery. The ICOLC has released a statement critical of the position staked out by the International Association of Scientific Technical and… Read More
Three US National Libraries endorse recommendations for implementing new RDA cataloguing rules - June 16, 2011
The US' National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Agricultural Library (NAL) and the Library of Congress (LC) have announced an agreement for the implementation of Resource Description and Access (RDA), new cataloging rules published in June… Read More
Publishers back new ‘Customer Insight Framework’ - June 16, 2011
Customer insight solutions provider DataSalon, UK, has announced that several leading scholarly publishers have confirmed their support for a comprehensive new model of the complex world of individual, institutional, and 'big deal' customers. The 'Customer Insight Framework', published by DataSalon, has been endorsed by the American… Read More
