Knowledgespeak Newsletter

3 September 2013

Authors Guild disputes Google's fair use claim Internet search services provider Google's scanning of books does not meet the legal definition of 'transformative,' creates potential harm to authors and other copyright holders, and is not protected as fair use under the law, the Authors Guild argues in a brief recently filed in the New York federal court. The only thing 'transformative' about Google's display of snippets of in-print books is that it transforms online browsers of book retailers to online users of Google's search engine. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme OA journals and healthcare information strive for best sources for indexing and archiving medical research The emergence and expansion of low quality/toll access indexing and archiving services has raised the active interest of open access publishers in the context of searching for the best service to index their resources and information. The editorial team of OMICS Group Scholarly Journals, consisting of professors, researchers and the institutional heads, have recommended a selective list of OMICS Group journals to be indexed in quality databases. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Allegheny College becomes latest member of HathiTrust Allegheny College has become the latest member of HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating in a digital library initiative to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form. Over the last four years, the partners have contributed more than 10 million volumes to the digital library, digitised from their library collections through a number of means including Google and Internet Archive digitisation and in-house initiatives. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ARL Membership Meeting scheduled for October 9-10 ARL President Wendy Lougee, university librarian at University of Minnesota, will convene the 163rd ARL Membership Meeting in Arlington, Virginia, on the afternoon of October 9. Several programmes that build on recent discussions about strategic thinking and the future framework for ARL are in development. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Sciedu Press launches new journal - Management and Organizational Studies Sciedu Press, a Canada-based scientific publishing house, has announced the launch of its latest journal - Management and Organizational Studies. The journal will examine a wide variety of topics within the field, from strategic management and HRM to detailed analyses of new studies in organisation behaviour and development, collaboration, leadership, and even sensitive issues such as workplace spirituality. 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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