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12 June 2012

Google ends legal dispute with French authors over book scanning project Google has ended legal disputes with a French publishing trade group and a French authors' association over the scanning of books. The Syndicat National de l'Edition and the SGDL Society of Authors agreed with Google to end litigation over Google's scanning of copyright-protected books without permission. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Springer and Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences announce publishing partnership STM publisher Springer has announced a partnership with the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences. Under the deal, Springer will publish two book series, Fields Institute Communications (FIC) and Fields Institute Monographs (FIM). More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme CAS selects 15 Ph.D. students in the chemical sciences for the 2012 SciFinder Future Leaders in Chemistry programme Chemical information provider Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, has announced the selection of 15 Ph.D. students in the chemical sciences for the 2012 SciFinder Future Leaders in Chemistry programme. Each of these students demonstrated academic excellence, a commitment to research and an appreciation of chemical information. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Siemens engineers and scientists worldwide gain access to Knovel's Web-based technical references Knovel has announced that Siemens, the global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, now provides access to Knovel's Web-based technical references to its 30,000 engineers and scientists worldwide. With interactive and validated content across 28 subject areas, the engineers have convenient access to a wide range of information useful in product design and development including guidance, best practices and materials selection. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Leaders in the nursing field named to American Academy of Nursing 2012 Class of Fellows The American Academy of Nursing, an independent affiliate of the American Nursing Association, has selected Susan Sportsman and Michelle Troseth of Elsevier to join the ranks of the distinguished American Academy of Nursing 2012 Class of Fellows. Founded in 1973, The American Academy of Nursing recognises nurse leaders in management, practice, research, policy, and education. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine journal publishes first OA articles with BioMed Central Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced that the journal Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine has published its first open access articles with the publisher. The journal, originally published by Novamedia srl, launched in 2006 as the official scientific journal of the Interdisciplinary Association for Research in Lung Diseases, AIMAR. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme New open access publisher PeerJ launches publication PeerJ Inc., a new open access academic publishing company, has formally announced its launch. It will publish a broad based, rapid, peer-reviewed journal, PeerJ, and a preprint server, PeerJ PrePrints. PeerJ will open for submissions in Summer 2012, and publish its first articles in December 2012. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme First European Science symposium to focus on advancing scientific innovation through improved predictive science and data analysis Accelrys, Inc., a US-based scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, has announced its first European Science Symposium with a focus on advancing scientific innovation through improved predictive science and data analysis. This free event provides the opportunity for scientists to hear how academic and industry experts are addressing the most difficult and important scientific challenges with advanced modelling, simulation and data analysis software solutions. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme The Charlesworth Group renews China agreements with National Science and Technology Library The Charlesworth Group has renewed national online agreements with 12 publishers as part of its National Science and Technology Library (NSTL) consortia sales programme. These renewals cover a 3 year term. The country-wide China agreements with NSTL connect publishers to around 650 Chinese universities and research centers. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme

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