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 New Publishers Association and ALPSP report on the potential effect of making journals free after a six month embargo |
The Publishers Association and the Association of Learned, Professional and Society Publishers (ALPSP) have released a report titled 'The potential effect of making journals free after a six month embargo.' The report found that an across-the-board mandate might have a material effect on libraries' subscriptions; and that the impact on publishers' revenues would be considerable.
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 Lawsuit against Google Book Search gets class action status in US |
A US judge granted class-action status to authors suing Google over its book-scanning project. The judge, allowing the long-stalled case to move forward, ruled that three individual authors and the Author's Guild could represent the class of all authors whose works had been scanned by Google.
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Associated Press Images to be available via EBSCOhost and EBSCO Discovery Service |
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing has announced that the company will make millions of images from the Associated Press (AP) available to library customers. EBSCO has been named the sole library distributor of the AP Images, the commercial photo unit of AP.
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Academic publishers file proposed order for injunctive relief following Georgia State University ruling |
Academic publishers Cambridge University Press (CUP), Oxford University Press (OUP) and SAGE Publications Inc. have filed a proposed order for injunctive relief with the Court in the Georgia State University e-reserves case. The move is in response to Judge Orinda Evans' direction in her May 11 opinion following her finding that Georgia State University's flawed 2009 copyright policy caused the infringement of some of the publishers' works.
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OCLC's EZproxy now available as a hosted service in Europe |
Global library cooperative OCLC has announced that EZproxy, the authentication and remote access software for libraries, is now available as a hosted solution in Europe. Beginning in June 2012, University of the Arts London will be piloting an EZproxy authentication service hosted in OCLC's new data center in London. On conclusion of the pilot, the service will go live for libraries in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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MP John Hayes launches JISC's new accessibility tools |
The JISC has announced the launch of two new tools as part of the work to improve access to education for all abilities. The tools, TechDis Voices and TechDis Toolbox, were launched by John Hayes MP, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning.
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Diversification, key component of ebrary's strategic approach to e-book acquisition |
ebrary, a ProQuest business, has announced that 45 percent of its customers are diversifying acquisition models to provide their researchers with a breadth and depth of high-quality, relevant e-books. Many customers subscribe to Academic Complete as an affordable base collection with unlimited access and continued growth and expand the collection with other models including patron driven acquisition, perpetual archive, and short-term loans.
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Innovative Interfaces' new institutional repository solution puts library at the center of knowledge management |
Library automation services provider Innovative Interfaces has announced that development of its new institutional repository module, Content Pro IRX, is complete and several library partners will begin beta testing this month. Innovative will offer IRX as an optional add-on module to Content Pro, its digital asset management system.
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 Latest edition of Blogspeak now online |
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (The Post-Apocalyptic Publishing Platform); Heather Morrison (Society publishers: time to quit whining and make the leap to open access); Joe Wikert (B&N Desperately Needs To Become a Technology Company); and Kent Anderson (We're All Publishers Now? Not So Fast). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. |
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