The PIRUS Code of Practice has been established as an outcome of the JISC- funded PIRUS (Publisher and Institutional Repository Usage Statistics) project, whose overall aim was to assess the feasibility of and develop the technical, organizational and economic models for the recording, reporting and consolidation of usage of Journal Articles hosted by Publishers, Aggregators,…
If you have been following the story, you’ll be interested in the latest news. The Authors Guild and its co-plaintiffs have filed their opening brief appealing from their decisive loss in the district court. According to Professor James Grimmelmann, New York Law School in his Laboratorium blog of 27 February, “Most of the arguments should…
The American Society of Civil Engineers has announced that the 2013 ASCE eBooks & Standards collection is now available for purchase at a special pre-launch rate. The collection will launch on ascelibrary.org on May 1, 2013. Access options include an annual subscription or one-time, perpetual access purchase. ASCE eBooks and Standards encompass all civil engineering…
(Berlin, 26 February 2013) De Gruyter has acquired two academic publishers with a long and rich tradition: Akademie Verlag, based in Berlin, and Oldenburg Wissenschaftsverlag, based in Munich. Both companies were acquired retroactively as of 1 January 2013 from Franz Cornelsen Bildungsgruppe. “The acquisition of Akademie and Oldenbourg will considerably strengthen De Gruyter’s publishing portfolio…
(New York, 26 February 26 2013)Yale University Press has announced a partnership with Oxford University Press to launch Yale Scholarship Online on OUP’s University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) platform to take advantage of a fully enabled XML environment with cutting-edge search and discovery functionality. “Yale is very pleased to partner with Oxford, joining their breadth…
20 February 2013 saw the launch of the German national data portal. While the portal had been longtime expected, in the last days before the launch the German open data community has been vocal in its criticism of the introduction of a newly created national license framework, which includes the option to limit re-use to…
Stanford University Library awarded Griffith’s Research Hub, a commendation of merit as part of their Stanford Prize for Innovation in Research Libraries (SPIRL prize) to recognize and celebrate innovation in research libraries. The SPIRL Prize commended the Research Hub, stating, “The Research Hub addresses the need for a single, comprehensive view of a university’s research output.…
(22 February 2013) The Obama Administration is committed to the proposition that citizens deserve easy access to the results of scientific research their tax dollars have paid for, says Michael Stebbins, Assistant Director for Biotechnology at OSTP in a recent blog post. That’s why, in a policy memorandum released today, OSTP Director John Holdren has…
(25 February 2013, Alexandria, VA) Alexander Street Press brings new immediacy and authenticity to the study of World War II and early 20th century footage with its newest collection, World Newsreels Online, 1929‒1966. Dazzlingly diverse in its perspective, the collection brings to life the experiences of international movie-goers from Tokyo to Amsterdam and New York…
(Hoboken, N.J. 15 January 2013) John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced today that it has acquired the assets of the FIZ Chemie Berlin, a leading provider of online database products for organic and industrial chemists. The acquisition aligns with the company’s long-term strategy to support research, learning, and professional practice through high quality content and…
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