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New Publication: MPS in Publishing Program at George Washington University Announces Inaugural Issue of “GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing”
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|From GWU: The Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Publishing program, George Washington University, is pleased to announce the inaugural issue of the GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing. This new online journal is managed by students in the MPS in Publishing program, and led by Editor-in-Chief Randy Townsend, Director of Publishing Operations, PLOS, and […]
Springer Nature Launches New Book Series That Addresses Major Research Pain Points
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|From Springer Nature: Springer Nature and RWTH Aachen University’s Cluster of Excellence Internet of Production have created a new publishing format called Crosstracts to address two research challenges. It can often take a long time for research results to be published and so are not getting back to the lecture hall fast enough. Moreover, opportunities […]
Court Rules in Favor of Publishers in Maryland E-Book Lawsuit, Preliminary Injunction Granted
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|We will update this post with reactions, media coverage, and other documents as they become available. The lawsuit was filed on December 9, 2021, (Association of American Publishers (AAP) vs. Brian E. Frosh, in His Official Capacity Attorney General of the State of Maryland) Judge Deborah Boardman‘s complete memorandum opinion (38 pages; PDF) is available […]
Comprehensive Scholarly Publishing Dataset Shows Publication Rates in 170 Disciplines at US Universities
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|From Phys.org: Academic Analytics Research Center (AARC) shared comprehensive data on scholarly publication rates in 170 disciplines. The newly available data tables show the rate of journal article, book, conference proceeding, and book chapter publications over different time periods and across different career stages in each discipline. “There’s a huge range of bibliometric activity across […]
WIRED: “Blind People Won the Right to Break Ebook DRM. In 3 Years, They’ll Have to Do It Again”
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|Update 2: Statement from Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) Welcoming New Exemptions to Section 1201 Update 1: Librarian of Congress Grants 1201 Exemption to Enable Text Data Mining Research (via Authors Alliance) From WIRED: Advocates for the blind are fighting an endless battle to access ebooks that sighted people take for granted, working against copyright law […]
CASE Act: Library Copyright Alliance Submits Comments to U.S. Copyright Office on Proposed Rule for Preemptive Opt-Out
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|From the LCA: On September 30, 2021, the Library Copyright Alliance submitted comments on the Copyright Office’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the procedures for libraries and archives to opt out of proceedings before the Copyright Claims Board under the CASE Act. Direct to Full Text of LCA Submission to U.S. Copyright Office 3 pages; […]
Stanford Scholars Expand Digital Database with Historic Records From The Nuremberg Trial
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|From Stanford News: Nearly 75 years ago, the Nuremberg Trial came to a close when on Oct. 1, 1946, a group of convicted Nazi leaders was sentenced by the International Military Tribunal (IMT) for crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during World War II and the Holocaust. [Clip] Preserving records from […]
NASEM Roundtable Releases Open Science Toolkit
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|From the Open Science Funders Group: On September 30, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted an event to commemorate the public release of Developing a Toolkit for Fostering Open Science Practices: Proceedings of a Workshop. [Clip] It contains modular elements that can be adapted and adopted for a range of use cases, […]
News Roundup (September 9, 2021)
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|Library of Congress: Nine Culture and Technology Experts Join Library of Congress Connecting Communities Digital Initiative Advisory Board New Journal Article: The Rutgers University Libraries Open and Affordable Textbook (OAT) Program (Abstract Only via Medical Reference Services Quarterly) Proceedings of the 2020–2021 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment Now Available Online (via ARL) […]
U.S. Copyright Office Seeks Comments on a Proposed Rule Regarding Procedures for Libraries and Archives to Opt Out of Proceedings Before the Copyright Claims Board
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|From the Federal Register: The U.S. Copyright Office is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the procedures for libraries and archives to opt out of proceedings before the Copyright Claims Board (“CCB”) and the procedures for a party before the CCB with respect to a class action proceeding, under the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims […]