EC sets open access policy objectives under Horizon 2020 programme
Scientific data: open access to research results will boost Europe's innovation capacity
The European Commission today outlined measures to improve access to scientific information produced...
Springer extends free access for digital library project in Haiti
Bibliothèques sans Frontières will provide Haitian students and researchers with latest research publications in spite of structural challenges
As Haiti continues to rebuild in the...
Open access means a bright future for scientific research
Free access to British scientific research will give us more and cost us less than we realise
The Guardian called the recent government announcement that all UK-funded...
WKH and the International Nurses Society on Addictions Announce Partnership
Wolters Kluwer Health and International Nurses Society on Addictions(IntNSA) are pleased to announce a partnership agreement to publish Journal of Addictions Nursing(JAN), the official journal of IntNSA. Lippincott Williams &...
Google to pay $22.5 million to settle privacy charges
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, will reportedly have to pay $22.5 million to settle charges that it bypassed the privacy settings of consumers using Apple's...
Nature Publishing Group wins 3-year El Naschie libel trial
In the case of Professor Mohammed El Naschie –v- Macmillan Publishers Ltd (trading as Nature Publishing Group) & Mr Quirin Schiermeier, the court has...
Columbia University & Thomson Reuters Launch Advanced Data Visualization Project
Columbia University and Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of the Advanced Data Visualization Project (ADVP) based at Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning...
E-books, school library resolution, privacy, book awards among highlights of ALA Annual Conference
The American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, held June 21-26 in Anaheim, Calif, saw a unanimous resolution in support of the value of school libraries passed...
Wellcome Trust strengthens its open access policy
The Wellcome Trust today announces that it will be strengthening the manner in which it enforces its open access policy with immediate effect. Failure...
Thomson Reuters releases 2011 Journal Citation Reports
The Intellectual Property & Science division of Thomson Reuters has announced the release of the 2011 Journal Citation Reports (JCR). The JCR claims to be the...
BISG publishes report on use and modification of book product metadata
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) announced today the publication of Development, Use, and Modification of Book Product Metadata, a 37-page report detailing how publishers,...
Consumers will store a third of their digital content in the cloud by 2016,...
The desire to share content and to access it on multiple devices will motivate consumers to start storing a third of their digital content...