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ACAP standard goes live

29 November 2007

A new open standard for publishers and search engines has been unveiled which aims to end clashes between publishers and search engines.

Bush vetoes bill with open-access provision

15 November 2007

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.

JSTOR renews Apex CoVantage partnership

15 November 2007

JSTOR, which archives scholarly content, has extended its 10-year relationship with knowledge process outsourcing company Apex CoVantage.

Researchers tackle research deception

06 November 2007

A team of researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland has investigated how false research results can slip through the editing and peer-review processes.

BMJ boosts activities in China

05 November 2007

The BMJ Group has opened a sales office in Beijing.

Thomson provides citation data to Australian government

02 November 2007

Thomson Scientific will provide citation data to Australia's Department of Education, Science and Training.

New web fonts show maths symbols properly on any computer

01 November 2007

A group of scientific publishers has released a beta test version of the STIX Fonts, which should enable mathematical and scientific symbols to be rendered correctly on any computer.

Yale and Microsoft partner on digitisation project

31 October 2007

Thousands of rare books from Yale University's Library will be available online thanks to a deal between Yale University and Microsoft.

UK researchers get extended access to ScienceDirect

31 October 2007

The UK's National e-Journals Initiative 2 (NESLi2) has signed a four-year licence for Elsevier's ScienceDirect.

New deal promotes engineering journals in Eastern Europe and Latin America

30 October 2007

Professional Engineering Publishing has signed an agreement with EMpact to promote its journals in parts of Eastern Europe and Latin America.

Publishing associations make rules for using orphan works

26 October 2007

Three trade associations have released a joint statement that sets out conditions for using copyright works where the owners of the material cannot be found.

US Senate approves mandate for access to NIH research

26 October 2007

The US Senate has approved a bill that directs the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to require rather than request that the researchers it funds make their results publicly available.

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