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U.S. Court backs Google Book-Scanning Project, says it’s legal under fair use
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled October 16 that Google’s massive project to make digital copies of tens of millions of books does not violate copyright laws. The opinion, by a three-judge panel of the appellate court, affirms an earlier decision by a New York district court that had also rejected the copyright-infringement claims that the Authors Guild and three writers had brought against Google.
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IOP Publishing and Research Information Network release new report on information practices in the physical sciences
IOP Publishing and Research Information Network (RIN) recently released a new report on information practices in the physical sciences. The new report examines how physical scientists find, use, share and disseminate research information – and specifically how their information practices are changing as a result of new digital technologies.
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Elsevier and The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses announce publishing partnership
STM publisher Elsevier and The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) have announced that Elsevier will publish AWHONN’s official publications, Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN) and Nursing for Women’s Health (NWH), beginning with the 2016 volumes. The agreement provides continued global growth opportunities for JOGNN and NWH as they are added to ScienceDirect.
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Nature Publishing Group and Tongji University partner to publish new OA journal – npj Pollution Control
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), part of Springer Nature, and Tongji University will partner to publish a new open access journal – npj Pollution Control. Both partners signed an agreement during a ceremony at the university’s campus. The journal will open for submissions in December 2015.
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SPARC launches Open Access Spectrum Evaluation Tool to independently analyse publications’ policies
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced the launch of the Open Access Spectrum (OAS) Evaluation Tool, which provides a concrete, quantifiable mechanism to independently analyse publications’ policies. The OAS Evaluation Tool generates an ‘Openness’ score that is straightforward, easy to understand, and free.
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PeerJ announces single low payment for full open access publication
Open access publisher PeerJ has announced that researchers now have the option to pay a fixed (U.S.) $695 per article fee (‘APC’) to publish in PeerJ, a peer-reviewed Open Access journal in biology, medicine, and the life sciences. This option is also available to the new PeerJ Computer Science journal and represents one of the lowest APCs amongst similar classes of Open Access journals in academia.
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Emerald Publishing Director to play leading role in Charleston Open Access event
Tony Roche, Publishing Director at Emerald Group Publishing, will be one of the panel of contributors leading the ‘Open Perspectives in Open Access: Realities of Commercial Publishing’ session at the Charleston Conference, South Carolina, on November 5 at 12.45pm (ET). Open Access (OA) remains a hot topic in scholarly publishing and this debate will present issues for discussion to further the necessary cooperation among librarians and commercial publishers.
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University of Denver selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo
Library automation and preservation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Denver (DU) has selected the Ex Libris Alma® library management service and the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution. With its multiple libraries and extensive collections, the university was keen to establish a shared catalog powered by a unified management system.
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