US Court of Appeal overturns lower court decision on Vermont law - November 25, 2010
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled that a Vermont law restricting the commercial use of information relating to physician prescribing patterns is unconstitutional. Judge John G. Koeltl wrote the majority opinion overturning an April 2009 US District Court decision, concluding the… Read More
Medical journals call for linking of climate and health policies - November 19, 2010
Several medical journals have reportedly come together to urge health professionals the world over to put health at the heart of climate change negotiations. A recent editorial published simultaneously in the BMJ, the Lancet and the Finnish Medical Journal has warned that… Read More
IEEE launches IEEE P2030.2 Working Group - October 27, 2010
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), US, has announced the launch of the IEEE P2030.2 Working Group (WG). Tasked with facilitating wide-scale, consistent implementation of energy storage systems, the P2030.2 WG will deliver guidelines for discrete and hybrid energy storage systems that are integrated… Read More
PA releases statement on e-lending in public libraries - October 25, 2010
Richard Mollet, Chief Executive of the Publishers Association (PA), has released a statement on the PA's position on e-lending in public libraries. According to the statement, Faber CEO Stephen Page's speech at the CILIP PLA conference outlined the close and supportive partnership between publishers and libraries,… Read More
Institute of Physics welcomes proposals in Comprehensive Spending Review - October 22, 2010
Following the recent publication of the UK government's Comprehensive Spending Review, Professor Marshall Stoneham, President of the Institute of Physics (IOP), has expressed relief that the science budget has been spared from deep cuts. There is still much uncertainty, particularly surrounding the financial health of universities,… Read More
British Library welcomes Comprehensive Spending Review settlement - October 21, 2010
The British Library, the national library of the UK, has welcomed the settlement it received in the Comprehensive Spending Review. It has described the outcome as a 'fair settlement and positive achievement for the Secretary of State in a very difficult economic climate'. The British Library's… Read More
ARL Board of Directors endorse Federal Depository Library Program principles - October 19, 2010
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that the ARL Board of Directors unanimously voted on October 14, 2010, to endorse a set of principles regarding the Federal Depository Library Program. In the 'ARL Statement of Principles on the Federal Depository… Read More
New 2010 European Resuscitation Council Guidelines published in Elsevier journal Resuscitation - October 19, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the publication of the 2010 European Resuscitation Council (ERC) Guidelines in the journal Resuscitation. These guidelines are based on an extensive international review of all the science supporting cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the 2010 International Consensus on CPR Science, which is… Read More
IPA statement calls for better cooperation among governments when managing digital migration - October 18, 2010
The International Publishers Association (IPA) officially adopted a statement, asking governments for better cooperation when managing the digital migration in education, at the recently concluded Frankfurt Book Fair. The policy statement seeks to outline the unique role that independent, competitive and entrepreneurial publishers play in improving… Read More
China announces regulations to guide the growth of e-books industry - October 12, 2010
The General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) of China recently released the country's first regulation to guide the development of the e-books industry. The regulation defines the 'e-book' as digital content that is formatted as print, images, audio and video, and is downloaded via the… Read More
