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1 February 2016

Copyright in publishing will be a key theme at the International Publishers Congress in April 2016 Francis Gurry, Director General of Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organisation, is confirmed to speak at the 31st International Publishers Congress in London in April 2016. He will speak on a panel chaired by Paul Doda, Chair of the IPA Copyright Committee. The panel entitled 'Global Trends in Copyright: Fair Use and Beyond' will also include renowned copyright lawyer Jon Baumgarten, retired partner of the Proskauer law firm and former General Counsel of the US Copyright Office. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme AAP welcomes Department of Commerce's Internet Policy Task Force White Paper The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has welcomed the newly-released U.S. Department of Commerce's Internet Policy Task Force 'White Paper on Remixes, First Sale, and Statutory Damages.' It offers well-reasoned conclusions and recommendations that reflect a thorough analysis of diverse stakeholder views on these issues of current copyright law. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Proposal submission deadline for 2016 Library Assessment Conference extended to February 3 The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the University of Washington Libraries, and the conference steering committee have extended the proposal submission deadline for the 2016 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment to February 3. The conference will be held in Arlington, Virginia, October 31-November 2, 2016. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Innovative Interfaces names James Tallman as Chief Executive Officer Library automation solutions provider Innovative has announced that James Tallman will join the executive ranks of Innovative Interfaces as Chief Executive Officer. In this role, Tallman will be focused on the company's commitment to library success and increasing velocity in product leadership and operational excellence. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme KFAS and AAAS sign Memorandum of Understanding Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Through this cooperation, KFAS, Kuwait's advocate of innovation, technology and science, aspires to enrich its expertise, scientific innovations and education for the service of the Kuwaiti community and humanity. 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: Joseph Esposito (The Open Syllabus Project, Altmetrics, and a New Dataset); Joeri Tijdink, Christiaan Vinkers and Wim Otte (Are scientific findings exaggerated? Study finds steady increase of superlatives in PubMed abstracts.); David Crotty (Revisiting: The Problem(s) With Credit for Peer Review); and Jane C. Hu (Academics Want You to Read Their Work for Free). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. Brought to you by Scope e-Knowledge Center, a world-leading provider of abstraction, indexing, entity extraction and knowledge organisation models (Taxonomies, Thesauri and Ontologies).   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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