Knowledgespeak Newsletter

3 August 2012

ARL joins LCA members and EFF in amicus brief supporting Google Book Settlement The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) recently joined other members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) - the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) - and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to file a friend of the court brief (PDF) in Authors Guild v. Google, Inc.. In the lawsuit authors allege that Google violated copyright by scanning books to create Google Book Search (GBS), a search tool similar to its Internet search engine. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme EBSCO offers expanded access to eBooks on EBSCOhost via GOBI3 interface EBSCO Publishing and YBP Library Services have expanded the EBSCO eBook models that are available in YBP's acquisition and collection development interface, GOBI3. In addition to single user, the integration includes three user (3U) and unlimited user (UU) access models, as well as Demand-Driven Acquisitions. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Jossey-Bass and the American Society of Association Executives announce publishing partnership Jossey-Bass, an imprint of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced a publishing partnership with the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) to publish a series of 3-5 co-branded books annually. The first book in this series will be published in early 2013. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme New Syracuse University Library website launches with Serials Solutions Summon service Syracuse University Library has launched its new website highlighting the Summon web-scale discovery service from Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business. Librarians expect the search solution to improve access to the library's vast collection. Students and staff will experience simplified discovery of many types of resources across multiple disciplines. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme McGraw-Hill Education acquires math teaching tech provider Key Curriculum McGraw-Hill Education has acquired Key Curriculum, a developer of mathematics learning technology in the K-12 and higher education markets. Key Curriculum's solutions seek to engage students and promote the deeper understanding of course material that is a primary focus of the Common Core State Standards. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme BioMed Central adds two more journals from Tehran University of Medical Sciences to its portfolio Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced the addition of two more journals from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) to its portfolio. The move follows the launch of DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences in July 2012. Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders and Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science & Engineering have now published their first articles with BioMed Central. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Maney Publishing acquires two journals from J. Ross Publishing Academic publisher Maney Publishing has announced the acquisition of the International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering and Transportation Letters: the International Journal of Transportation Research from J. Ross Publishing. Maney will publish these titles from 2013, bringing its list of materials science and engineering journals to thirty. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Woodhead Publishing offers discounted e-books to JISC members until September 14 STM publisher Woodhead Publishing Limited has announced its offer of discounted e-books to all JISC members until September 14, 2012. The deal allows JISC members to buy any 'Pick 'n' Mix' selection of e-books on Woodhead Publishing Online and Chandos Publishing Online at an exclusive discount, depending on the JISC banding of the institution. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme

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