W3C issues best practices to create smarter mobile web applications - December 15, 2010
The World Wide Web Consortium has announced a new standard that will make it easier for developers and content providers to create mobile Web applications. The Mobile Web Application Best Practices, published as a W3C Recommendation, offers practical advice from many mobile Web stakeholders for the… Read More
OCLC files motion to dismiss case alleging anticompetitive practices - December 15, 2010
OCLC has filed a motion in the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to dismiss a lawsuit filed by SkyRiver Technology Solutions and Innovative Interfaces, Inc. against OCLC. On July 28, 2010, SkyRiver Technology Solutions and Innovative Interfaces, Inc. filed a suit… Read More
BioMed Central to continue accepting supplementary files with manuscripts - December 13, 2010
Publishing online supplementary material has been the subject of continuing debate in scholarly circles since the Journal of Neuroscience, published by the Society for Neuroscience, decided to no longer accept supplementary files with manuscripts. Open access publisher BioMed Central (BMC) has announced that it takes the… Read More
WHO to develop information standards for traditional medicine - December 8, 2010
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it will develop, for the first time, a classification of traditional medicine, paving the way for the objective evaluation of its benefits. The classification will initially focus on traditional medicine practices from China, Japan and the Republic of… Read More
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
