Knowledgespeak Newsletter

5 October 2012

Association of American Publishers and Google announce settlement agreement The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and Internet search services provider Google have announced a settlement agreement that will provide access to publishers' in-copyright books and journals digitised by Google for its Google Library Project. The dismissal of the lawsuit will end seven years of litigation. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme EBSCO, Elsevier agreement allows mutual customers to access Scopus within EBSCO Discovery Service Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and STM publisher Elsevier have announced an agreement to allow mutual customers to access Scopus within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Scopus is a bibliographic, abstract and citation database provided by Elsevier. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme NFAIS to host webinar on usage of linked data The NFAIS will hold a webinar on October 25 to provide an overview of how linked data can be used to the benefit of the entire information community - content providers, librarians, and users. NFAIS members pay $105, Sister Society members pay $115, and non-members, $125. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ProQuest releases new collection in Periodicals Archive Online, makes essential journals easy to access Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, has released the 10th collection in its widely-used Periodicals Archive Online, continuing its mission of making hard-to-find journals accessible to the world's researchers. With more than 15 million pages and 3 million articles, Periodicals Archive Online is a growing virtual library comprising core academic journals as well as rare specialised titles. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme WK Health and Joanna Briggs Institute expand partnership to provide full suite of JBI resources on OvidSP Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health) has announced an expanded partnership with the University of Adelaide's Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). Ovid, part of WK Health, will be the exclusive channel for JBI's complete EBP solution on its OvidSP and Nursing@Ovid research platforms. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Publishers, CNRS in framework licence agreement for document delivery CNRS and STM have agreed a framework licence agreement to be entered into directly by the individual publishers and the CNRS. It governs the supply of copies of articles from CNRS' holdings to non-commercial and commercial organisations, with special conditions for France and French-speaking territories. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme OCLC to expand Geek the Library campaign to more libraries Geek the Library, OCLC's community awareness campaign designed to highlight the value of public libraries, has received $1,924,883 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to extend participation in the programme to 1,000 additional libraries through June 2015. The funding allows increased emphasis on library staff planning and implementation of the program, and will help staff build on the knowledge and skills they need to be effective advocates for libraries in their communities. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Amazon launches Cloud Drive in Italy and Spain Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc. has announced the launch of Amazon Cloud Drive in Italy and Spain, following recent launches in the UK, Germany and France. European customers can now securely store and access all of their digital files in the Amazon cloud using the Cloud Drive PC and Mac Desktop Apps or from any web browser - and from the new Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SAE International to host symposium on Augmented/Virtual Reality Technologies Engineers and technical experts association SAE International will host a new symposium - the 'SAE 2012 Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Technologies Symposium' - that focuses on the technical, economic and implementation aspects of AR and VR. This is the first event of its kind to showcase the collaboration of AR and VR for improved production and manufacturing. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme You are receiving this email newsletter as part of your Knowledgespeak membership. You can unsubscribe instantly from any of our email newsletters by clicking here.

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