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4 August 2014

Library Copyright Alliance files amici brief in Authors Guild v. Google The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) - the American Library Association (ALA), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) – recently filed an amici brief in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Authors Guild v. Google in favour of Google's transformative use in creating Google Book Search (GBS). The Southern District of New York previously ruled in favour of Google, finding that GBS provided significant public benefits and constituted fair use. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Human Genome Variation database launches Figshare, an online repository which enables researchers to securely host, will provide the technology to power the newly launched Human Genome Variation Database managed by Nature Publishing Group. The data accompanies Data Reports (a new article type) published in the open access Human Genome Variation journal, providing a valuable resource for clinicians and researchers. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Elsevier announces availability of first edition of Non-Operating Room Anesthesia STM publisher Elsevier has announced the availability of the first edition of Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA), which focuses on the growing national trend to perform more procedures outside of the traditional hospital operating room. This trend has led many anesthesiology departments to reconfigure protocols, and NORA co-authors Dr. Mark S. Weiss and Dr. Lee A. Fleisher address the challenges and new opportunities the industry will face. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Michael Eismann named Editor-in-Chief of 'Optical Engineering' journal SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced the appointment of Michael Eismann of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory as Editor-in-Chief of Optical Engineering, effective August 1. The journal is published by SPIE. Optical Engineering publishes papers reporting on research and development in optical science and engineering and the practical applications of known optical science, engineering, and technology. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Swets adds OpenAthens to its portfolio of Access Management services for libraries Information services provider Swets has signed a reseller agreement with Eduserv, the non-profit dedicated to developing and delivering technology services for the public sector. This agreement sees Swets adding the OpenAthens advanced access management system to its portfolio of Access Management services for libraries. 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: Nikolaus Kriegeskorte (How science can beat the flawed metric that rules it); Martin Paul Eve, Stephen Curry and Alma Swan (Open access: are effective measures to put UK research online under threat?); Paul Jump (Open access papers 'gain more traffic and citations'); Joe Wikert (How print is slowly killing publishers); and The Impact Blog (Should self-citations be included or excluded from measures of academic performance?). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. 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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