HEFCE recommendations to restructure JISC for enhanced future operations - February 9, 2011
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced its findings and recommendations for the future of the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). The independent review chaired by Professor Sir Alan Wilson and carried out over a four month period concludes that, 'JISC is an… Read More
UK Science and Technology Committee invites submissions for peer review inquiry - February 1, 2011
The Science and Technology Committee in the UK's House of Commons recently launched an inquiry into peer review. It invites evidence on the operation and effectiveness of the peer review process used to examine and validate scientific results and papers prior to publication. The Committee welcomes… Read More
New IHTSDO policy to enable free use of English-language SNOMED CT terms and identifiers in international research databases - January 31, 2011
The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) has announced a new policy to enable free use of English-language SNOMED CT terms and identifiers in international research databases, in complementary health IT standards, and in other projects and resources available worldwide. The new policy allows SNOMED… Read More
AAP and DC Principles express concern over NIH’s images initiatives - January 14, 2011
The Professional & Scholarly Publishing (PSP) division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and members of the DC Principles Coalition have previously commented to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and National Institute of Health (NIH) on the implementation of various policies… Read More
Publishers welcome America COMPETES Act Public Access Provision - January 11, 2011
The Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP/PSP) and the DC Principles Coalition for Free Access to Science (Coalition) have expressed their appreciation and support for Congress in developing the Interagency Public Access Provision of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of… Read More
Virginia proposes bill to make publishers responsible for vetting textbook content - January 4, 2011
Virginia State Delegate David Englin has reportedly introduced a bill that will seek to overhaul the state's textbook adoption process. This follows a state review that found dozens of errors in Virginia social studies textbooks. The proposed Virginia Textbook Accountability Act aims to set up… Read More
National Library of Australia releases social media guidelines - December 28, 2010
The National Library of Australia recently released social media guidelines to provide clarity to employees on how to conduct themselves in the emerging world of social media. The Library embraces the use of social media as a corporate communications and community-building tool. It encourages every… Read More
ACS applauds passing of America COMPETES Act to boost research funding - December 23, 2010
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has applauded the US Congress for reauthorising the America COMPETES Act. America COMPETES (Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education and Science) was originally enacted in 2007. It was needed to be reauthorised this year in order to… Read More
FCC’s net neutrality order protects libraries as ‘consumers’, lacks strong protections for library services to the public, say library associations - December 22, 2010
The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and EDUCAUSE say the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) passage of its network (net) neutrality order is a first step toward restoring an open Internet. However, the new… Read More
US’ Federal Communications Commission expected to approve Net neutrality rules - December 21, 2010
The US' Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is reportedly set to approve Net neutrality rules after the agency's two Democratic commissioners announced that they would vote in support of the order. Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and Michael Copps will reportedly vote in favour… Read More
