Knowledgespeak Newsletter

9 July 2012

Nature Publishing Group wins 3-year El Naschie libel trial Nature has won a case brought against it by Mohamed El Naschie. In 2008, Nature published an article questioning the lack of peer review at Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, which at the time was edited by El Naschie. El Naschie sued Nature for damaging his reputation. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme HathiTrust, Authors Guild file motions for summary judgment in digitisation suit The parties in the Authors Guild vs HathiTrust case have filed motions for summary judgment. The Guild asserted it should win because the defendants had no viable defence for their mass-digitisation programme; the HathiTrust argued that it should win because its programme fell under fair use. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme OCLC Research to host 'Wikipedia and Libraries: What's the Connection?' webinar on July 31 Library information provider OCLC Research will host the 'Wikipedia and Libraries: What's the Connection?' webinar on July 31 at 11 am PT / 2 pm ET. All are welcome to attend this free webinar with OCLC Research Wikipedian in Residence Max Klein to learn what happened between Wikipedia and libraries in the past and what it means for the future. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Human Genomics publishes first open access articles with BioMed Central Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced that the journal Human Genomics has published its first open access articles. A peer-reviewed journal for geneticists engaged in biomedical and life science research analysing human genome data, the greater visibility afforded by open access is projected to help evolve and further establish the journal within the genomics field. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Thieme publishes new skull base atlas STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group recently published the 'Lateral Skull Base Surgery: The House Clinic Atlas,' written by leading skull base surgeons from the House Clinic in Los Angeles, California. The atlas contains detailed descriptions of the techniques used in lateral skull base surgery. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Sheridan to develop multi-title full-text app for the Academy of Management The Academy of Management has selected Dartmouth Journal Services and the Sheridan Technology Lab to develop a multi-journal app. Scheduled for release in mid-July, the app is branded as AOM Pubs. Journal titles accessible in this app include the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ), Academy of Management Review (AMR), Academy of Management Learning & Education (AMLE), and Academy of Management Perspectives (AMP). More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Latest edition of Blogspeak now online The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Heather Morrison (June 30, 2012 Dramatic Growth of Open Access); Mike Shatzkin (What retailers know that publishers need to know); Stevan Harnad (Why the UK Should Not Heed the Finch Report); Martyn Daniels (Digital Files Aren't Just For Christmas, But For Life) and Les Rose (The problem with medical publishing). 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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