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… Read More »
Elsevier publishes five new Neuroscience Books and Atlases STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of five new neuroscience books and atlases, including MRI/DTI Atlas of the Rat Brain by George Paxinos, Charles Watson, Evan Calabrese, Alexandra Badea and G. Allan Johnson. The publications will be on display at the upcoming Society for Neuroscience’s (SfN)… Read More »
Highlights of the third day of Frankfurt Book Fair On the third day of the Frankfurt Book Fair, highlighted events included the opening of the ‘Media and Technology Forum’ as part of the ‘New European Media Summit; Peace Prize winner Navid Kermani discussed Iranian literature; and a press conference highlighted the results of the ‘Frankfurt… Read More »
Award-winning literature and networking events take centre stage at Frankfurt Book Fair, day 2 On the second day of the Book Fair, highlighted events included panels on the future of content with ‘Copyright Clearance Center‘ discussing open access and the Book Fair media partner ‘Press Reader‘ talking about disruption in newspapers and magazines. Additionally, a… Read More »
Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 begins The annual Frankfurt Book Fair began with 69 publishing and book experts from seven countries offering over 300 participants from 20 countries exclusive insight into their publishing regions as part of ‘The Markets – Global Publishing Summit’, the new conference to kick off the Frankfurt Book Fair, on October 13.… Read More »
Elsevier launches online subscription service for Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary STM publisher Elsevier has launched a new subscription service, DorlandsOnline.com, to offer online access to Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary for both individual purchase and organisational licensing. An alternative to the print version, DorlandsOnline.com is based on the latest 32nd edition of the legendary medical dictionary.… Read More »
Elsevier launches new clinical reference platform for nursing professionals STM publisher Elsevier has launched ClinicalKey for Nursing, a new clinical reference platform that will provide trusted, authoritative content, tailored to meet the unique needs of nursing professionals. ClinicalKey Nursing provides nurses with the most clinically relevant answers from Elsevier’s content including evidence-based nursing monographs, books,… Read More »
Thomson Reuters to deploy Watson technology to enhance customer solutions Thomson Reuters and IBM have entered into an agreement to enhance customer solutions across Thomson Reuters using Watson. The collaboration underscores the ongoing commitment by Thomson Reuters to deliver innovative technology solutions within specific industry domains to its customers via its in-house technology development, as… Read More »
SAGE acquires ten journals from Manchester University Press Academic publisher SAGE has announced an agreement with Manchester University Press to transfer ten of their journals to SAGE. The acquisition follows an earlier agreement to acquire two titles last year. Manchester University Press (MUP) is the fourth largest university press in the UK. The Press publishes… Read More »
New licensing terms for Springer eBooks and journals expand online learning permissions STM publisher Springer, part of the newly formed publishing group Springer Nature, will offer customers a way to make their online educational initiatives even more attractive, starting October 2015. A unique offer to licensed institutions will allow them to embed, at no extra… Read More »