Commissioner speaks out on digital copyright
New copyright legislation for digital publishing is imminent, according the European Information Society Commissioner.
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Technology opens up rare history resources
Fragile medieval manuscripts detailing the Hundred Years' War between France and England have been digitised by The University of Sheffield and IT experts Tribal.
Bush vetoes bill with open-access provision
President Bush says that the LHSS Appropriations Act, 2008, which includes the requirement for NIH-funded research to be made open access, is too expensive.
Researchers tackle research deception
A team of researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland has investigated how false research results can slip through the editing and peer-review processes.
Publishing associations make rules for using orphan works
Three trade associations have released a joint statement that sets out conditions for using copyright works where the owners of the material cannot be…
US Senate approves mandate for access to NIH research
The US Senate has approved a bill that directs the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to require rather than request that the researchers it…
Electronic books entice academic librarians
Can e-books make their mark in research libraries? Rebecca Pool finds out the predictions of a new study
Publishers and funders agree on OA re-use rights
The UK PubMed Central Publishers Panel has agreed a set of principles for the re-use of documents for which an open-access fee has been…
UK biologist groups back well-funded open-access publishing
A group representing UK biologists has come out in favour of open-access publishing, provided that it is adequately funded and that policies are flexible.
Thomson Scientific predicts Nobel Laureates
Based on total citations to their works, US-based Thomson Scientific has pinpointed researchers most likely to win a 2007 Nobel Prize
US universities pioneer electronic publishing
North American universities are leading the world on electronic publishing and open access while European counterparts play catch up, indicates the latest Webometrics survey
Open access debate gets personal
Tensions between advocates and opponents of open access increase with the launch of a new partnership that is aimed at protecting the integrity of…