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A periodic alerting service leading you to information relevant to the professional and scholarly publishing industry
No. 19, June 12, 2009
Table of Contents
1. What’s New on the PSP Web Site
2. PSP Education and Training Programs
3. Other Programs of Interest
4. New Job Postings
5. Suggested Reading
1. What’s New on the PSP & AAP Web Sites?
New on the PSP Web Site
U.S. Publishers Endorse International Joint Statement on Open Access Debate
http://www.pspcentral.org/PublishersEndorseIFLAIPAStatement.cfm
PSP 2010 Annual Conference – Save the Date
http://www.pspcentral.org/events2/eventsAnnConf_001.cfm
New on the AAP Web Site
AAP Reports Publishing Sales for Month of April
http://www.publishers.org/April2009Stats.htm
2. PSP Education and Training Programs
Guest Speaker Vikram Savkar to Address PSP Books Committee
Friday, July 17th
12:00 – 1:00pm
AAP Offices
71 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor (@15th Street)
New York, NY 10003-3004
The PSP Books Committee will hear from guest speaker, Vikram Savkar on July 17 at the AAP New York office, from 12:00-1:00 p.m. Mr. Savkar, Senior Vice President & Publishing Director of Nature Publishing Group, will discuss Scitable, a free, online educational resource for undergraduate students and educators. The initial focus is on genetics but Nature Education plan to expand the service to other subject areas in future. Combining authoritative scientific information with social media functionality, it provides students with free online access to more than 180 overviews of key genetics concepts. If you or a colleague would like to attend or call in to hear Mr. Savkar, contact Sara Pinto at spinto@publishers.org. Seating is limited and on a first-come first-served basis.
Citation Analysis & Evaluating Research Performance:
The Impact Factor, h-index and Beyond
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2000 Florida Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20009-1277
The session will look at the current environment where a number of metric tools are available to measure research performance and trends.
Course Information
Registration Form
PSP Journals Boot Camp
September 23rd - 26th
Grand Hyatt Denver
1750 Welton Street
Denver, CO 80202
The AAP/PSP Journals Boot Camp is an intensive four-day course on journals publishing offered every two years (on every odd calendar year) by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing (AAP/PSP) division of the Association of American Publishers. The purpose of the boot camp is to expose participants to all aspects of journals publishing.
Course Information
Registration Form
All details will be posted on the PSP website as they become available. For more information contact spinto@publishers.org.
3. Other Programs of Interest
How can you protect against plagiarism in your publications? CrossRef is offering a series of webinars to introduce and demo CrossCheck, a new plagiarism screening service.
Introduction to CrossCheck . . . a free webinar
Learn about this innovative plagiarism detection service and how it can add value to your publishing program. Sign up here for an informal 20 minute presentation followed by plenty of time for questions.
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Time: 8:00 am PST, 11:00 am EST, 4:00 am BST.
Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Time: 8:00 am PST, 11:00 am EST, 4:00 am BST.
See a demo of the CrossCheck iThenticate System
For a more detailed tour of the iThenticate document checking software that is central to CrossCheck, please join the upcoming demo. This hour-long session will guide you through the iThenticate interface and is ideal if you are considering the service, or if you have already signed up and want to know more about the features available.
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Time: 8:00 am PST, 11:00 am EST, 4:00 pm BST
For more information and to register for the CrossCheck webinars and demo:
http://www.crossref.org/crosscheck.html
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UK Serials Group: Introduction to Serials & E-Resources Today
June 30th
London, UK
http://www.ringgold.com/UKSG/si_pd.cfm?pid=31&eventid=592&issueno=197
American Association of Law Libraries, Annual Conference
July 25th – 28th
Washington, DC
http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=8251025&si=b241493249&pc=s2175&ei=s334665
4. New Job Postings
- The National Agricultural Library is seeking an innovative and dynamic Director for this Senior Executive Service appointment. The successful candidate will possess excellent leadership and communication skills and a compelling vision for strategic approaches to the development and operation of next generation library and information systems and services.
- Law Journal Press, a division of Incisive Media, is looking for an Acquisitions Editor to acquire new content for print and online products for the legal market.
Visit http://www.pspcentral.org/jobOpenings/jobsOpenFrame.cfm to view these and other exciting career opportunities.
5. Suggested Reading (Please note: some links may require passwords)
Web Sites Worth Visiting
ARL Board of Directors votes in support of a resolution to strongly encourage ARL member libraries to refrain from signing agreements with publishers or vendors, either individually or through consortia, that include nondisclosure or confidentiality clauses. June 5, 2009
http://www.arl.org/news/pr/nondisclosure-5june09.shtml
PEER – Guidelines for publishers and repository managers on deposit, assisted deposit and self-archiving.
http://www.peerproject.eu/reports/
Recently Published
Licensing Digital Content: A Practical Guide for Librarians, 2nd Edition, by Lesley Ellen Harris, Publisher: ALA Editions, price: $57.00, ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-0992-8.
http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2630
Articles of Interest
Copyright & Intellectual Property
Simon & Schuster to Sell Digital Books on Scribd.com
New York Times – 6/11/09
In another sign that book publishers are looking to embrace alternatives to Amazon.com's Kindle e-book store, Simon & Schuster has agreed to sell digital copies of its books on Scribd.com, a popular document-sharing Web site.
University of Texas System expands its use of Copyright Clearance Center's Annual Copyright License
Knowledge Speak – 6/03/09
Non-profit copyright licensing solution provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) has announced that the University of Texas System has expanded its adoption of CCC's Annual Copyright License from its Austin campus to the entire UT System, covering more than 150,000 undergraduate and graduate students and nearly 13,000 faculty members.
Assessing Napster - 10 years later
SF Chronicle – 6/01/09
When 18-year-old Shawn Fanning released his Napster file-sharing program on the Internet 10 years ago this month, little did he know he was unleashing a digital revolution that would continue today.
eBooks
Considering Electronic Textbooks? Beware the Learning Curve
Chronicle: Wired Campus – 6/09/09
Northwest Missouri State University’s experiment with e-textbooks has yielded half a dozen lessons and some surprises. The latest installment of The Chronicle’s College 2.0 column outlines what the university learned in its experiment using various forms of electronic textbooks in several courses this academic year.
E-readers displayed at Computex portend big growth
Computer World – 6/08/09
E-book readers may have been overshadowed by netbooks, smartbooks and laptops at Computex Taipei 2009, but products on display portend big things to come.
RAND Lowers e-Book Prices
PW – 6/1/09
Nonprofit research organization RAND Corp. has changed the retail price on all of its e-books to $9.95 each. Director of publications and creative services Jane Ryan said RAND’s production, distribution and freight costs are lower for e-books and “we want to pass these savings on to the public.”
Report: Rivals can exploit Kindle shortcomings
CNET News – 6/01/09
Companies are likely to challenge the Amazon Kindle by unveiling cheaper, more versatile e-readers, moving beyond books, and striking deals with publishers.
Google
***Important Reading***
Google Settlement Supporters Ready to State Case
PW – 6/08/09
If the Google Book Search settlement is not approved, it would be “an appalling disaster” that could mean years of continuing litigation and potentially tens of millions of dollars in legal costs, said Macmillan CEO John Sargent in a visit to PW's offices last week.
Justice wants publisher information on Google deal: report
Reuters – 6/10/09
The Justice Department antitrust division has sent at least two publishers the civil equivalent of a subpoena, seeking information
US Presses Antitrust Inquiry Into Google Book Settlement
New York Times – 6/09/09
The Justice Department has sent the requests, called civil investigative demands, to various parties, including Google, the Association of American Publishers, the Authors Guild and individual publishers, said Michael J. Boni, a partner at Boni & Zack.
Univ of Michigan expresses support for the Google Book settlement
MLive.com – 6/07/09
Other voices: Google agreement will extend U-M libraries' accessibility by Paul N. Courant, Dean of Libraries, University of Michigan.
Tech Titans' Ties to Washington Grow Closer -- and More Complicated
The Washington Post – 6/04/09
In 1993, well before the introduction of tweets, iPhones and online video, a Silicon Valley engineer was invited to Capitol Hill to teach lawmakers about the future of the Web and how to use it. It would be among many visits to Washington for Eric Schmidt, who was Sun Microsystems chief technology...
Move Over, Amazon? Google Aims to Sell e-Books
Business Week – 6/01/09
Google's plan to offer online access to books on a variety of Web-enabled devices could threaten Amazon's Kindle.
Europeans vote to give Google Book deal a hard time
ZDNet – 5/28/09
More trouble (read: good news) in the Google Books settlement. EurActiv reports that EU ministers will recommend the European Commission investigate the implications of the settlement on European authors.
Google's Good Deal For Libraries
Washington Post – 5/24/09
Letter from Paul Courant, University Librarian, University of Michigan responds to Brewster Kahle’s May 19 op-ed, "A Book Grab by Google."
Libraries
Open Letter to Wiley Prompts Quick Response
Library Journal – 6/11/09
Postings on some email lists have taken the open letter to its most direct level yet.
Univ. Library Allows Free Usage of Digitized Public Domain Items
The Cornell (University) Daily Sun – 5/31/09
The idea would be to support faculty and scholars at Cornell who need funding for the publication of open access journals. The library is planning on allocating $25000 towards this fund, with another $25000 being matched by the Provost.
University of California: OPEN LETTER TO LICENSED CONTENT PROVIDERS
CDLib.org – 5/26/09
The University of California Libraries ask all information providers with whom we negotiate content licenses to respond to the major fiscal challenges affecting higher education in California in a spirit of collaboration and mutual problem-solving.
Open Access & Institutional Repositories
Who Profits From For-Profit Journals?
Inside Higher Ed – 6/12/09
But in an interview, John Tagler, executive director of professional and scholarly publishing for the Association of American Publishers, responds.
Quantifying the value of peer review
Typepad – 6/10/09
David Shulenburger's talk yesterday left me thinking again about the conundrum that seems to me to still be at the heart of the dispute between some publishers and the NIH over the public access policy.
OA publisher accepts fake paper
The Scientist, UK – 6/10/09
Phil Davis told The Scientist that he got the idea for this "little experiment" after receiving scores of spam emails soliciting article submissions and invitations to serve on editorial boards of open access journals from Bentham Science Publishers
10 University-Press Directors Back Free Access to Scholarly Articles
Chronicle of Higher Ed – 6/05/09
In a move that puts them at odds with the official stance of the Association of American University Presses, a group of university-press directors yesterday issued a position statement that endorses “the free access to scientific, technical, and medical journal articles no later than 12 months after publication.”
PEER publishes self-archiving guidelines
Information World Review, UK – 6/05/09
PEER is collaboration between publishers, repositories and the research community, which aims to investigate the effects of the large-scale deposit (so called Green Open Access) on user access, author visibility, journal viability and the broader
Lessons from Maryland
SPARC News – 6/02/09
On April 23, 2009, the University Senate at the University of Maryland voted 37-24 to reject a proposed OA policy.
The Corruption of Science
American Daily Review, Texas – 5/31/09
In the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, Daniele Fanelli of the University of Edinburgh reports the first meta-analysis of surveys questioning scientists about their misbehaviours.
From the University Presses — The Hidden Digital Revolution in Scholarly Publishing
Against the Grain – April 2009
When journalists write about the effects of the digital revolution on publishing, they almost always focus their attention on the progress of the movement toward making publications available in electronic form. Back in the 1990s, when the new dot.com businesses managed to persuade many venture capitalists that they were the wave of the future, there was so much enthusiasm for e-publishing that some pundits were ready to declare the imminent death of the book in its traditional print format.
General Interest
Et Tu, New Publisher?
Inside Higher Education – 6/11/09
In 2005, a journal opted not to publish an article perceived to promote child sex abuse. Despite unpublicized accord to publish a revised version, journal's new owner has refused again.
A Fading Field?
The Scientist – 6/08/09
Traditional taxonomists are an endangered species. Could their unique brand of knowledge disappear, too?
Worldwide Seizures of Pirated Books
GalleyCat – 6/05/09
The International Division of the UK Publishers Association has released a series of startling reports about worldwide book piracy--uncovering thousands of pirated print and digital books in China, India, Pakistan, and Turkey.
Publishers and the Future of Reading
The Scholarly Kitchen – 6/04/09
Kent Anderson writes . . . As the classic business example goes, railroads lost their prime position because they confused running a railroad with moving goods and people. If they had defined their existence by meeting the task (transportation) rather than by their familiar paradigm for accomplishing it (railroads), who knows how those companies might look today? … The publishing industry is in the midst of a similar crisis, especially book publishing.
Tom Allen Donates Congressional Papers to Bowdoin College
Bowdoin News, ME – 6/01/09
... 200 years of distinguished public service to the State of Maine and to the nation. Since April 2009, Allen has served as president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers, the principal trade association of the US book publishing industry.
At Publishers' Convention, Is the Writing On the Wall?
Washington Post – 6/01/09
If you wanted to think about the future of the written word, the publishing industry's annual convention, held at Manhattan's Javits Center, was the place to be over the past few days.
SEED ANNOUNCES NEW LAUNCHES AND PARTNERSHIPS AT SSP Annual Conference
SeedMedia – 5/29/09
In a keynote speech at the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD this morning, Seed CEO Adam Bly announced a number of new initiatives and innovations in scientific communication.
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PSP Contributing Staff:
Sara Pinto, Director
Kate Kolendo, Project Manager
John Tagler, Executive Director