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A periodic alerting service leading you to information relevant to the professional and scholarly publishing industry
No. 7, November 24, 2008
Table of Contents
1. What’s New on the PSP & AAP Web Sites
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 AAP Web Site
Save the Date: AAP 2009 Annual Meeting
Following the recent landmark announcement regarding the Google litigation, AAP President and CEO Patricia Schroeder is pleased to share with you that more developments in the world of 21st Century Solutions will be presented at the AAP’s 2009 Annual Meeting, so save the date now and mark your calendars. AAP’s General Annual Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at the Yale Club, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York City. More details—along with registration forms and program updates—are forthcoming, so stay tuned.
New on the PSP & AAP Web Sites
Medical Publishers Donate Books to Aid First OB/GYN Residency in Afghanistan
Publishers joined with physicians Kathy and Scott Deasy of HOPE Worldwide, providing medical resources to OB/GYN fellows at their residency program in Afghanistan. The more than 300 donated books will be used by physicians training in women’s health at the Malalai Hospital at the Kabul University Medical School. The HOPE Worldwide effort has established the first-ever OB/GYN residency program in Afghanistan.
http://www.pspcentral.org/MedicalPublishersDonateBookstoAidFirstOBGYNResidencyinAfghanistan.cfm
2. PSP Education and Training Programs
Your Questions Answered: Permissions Experts Tell All
Friday, December 5, 2008
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Association of American Publishers
71 Fifth Avenue (between 14th & 15th Streets)
New York, NY
Seminar Information: http://www.publishers.org/main/Conferences/RPACQuestionsAnsweredFlyer.htm
Registration Form: http://www.publishers.org/main/Conferences/documents/RPAC125SeminarRegForm.doc
Focus on the User: Localization, Customization, Personalization
PSP 2009 Annual Conference
February 4-6, 2009
Mayflower Hotel
Washington, DC
Seminar Information:
http://www.pspcentral.org/documents/PSPAnnualConferenceInformation.doc
Registration Form: http://www.pspcentral.org/documents/RegistrationForm.doc
3. Other Programs of Interest
American Library Association 2009 Midwinter Meeting
January 23 – 28, 2009
Denver, CO
http://www.ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/midwinter/home.cfm
BookExpo America Returns to NYC in 2009
May 28 – 31, 2009
New York
BEA 2009 will evolve and deliver exciting new features.
http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/
4. New Job Postings
- Springer Science and Business Media is seeking an Academic Licensing Manager – East Coast.
- The Pennsylvania State University invites applications and nominations for a creative and dynamic Director for the Penn State Press.
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
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released the final report of “Current Models of Digital Scholarly Communication,” a study that ARL commissioned Ithaka to conduct. The study, conducted by Nancy L. Maron and K. Kirby Smith, comes with the database of exemplars that it produced.
http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/current-models-report.pdf
***[Recommended Reading]***
Sexier Awards Ceremonies . . . The PROSE Awards
http://www.bisnow.com/washington_dc_trade_association_news_story.php?p=1757
Electronic Journals and Changes in Scholarly Article Seeking and Reading Patterns, Carol Tenopir and Donald King.
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november08/tenopir/11tenopir.html
The European Booksellers Federation is the latest trade body to criticise Google's provisional deal with US publishers to allow users to browse and buy millions of books online
http://www.ebf-eu.org/press_releases.html
NASULGC (National Association of State University and Land Grant Colleges) President Calls for New Focus on IP and Copyright Policy in Latest ARL Bimonthly Report
http://www.arl.org/news/pr/br260-21nov08.shtml
The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education. This document helps creators, online providers, copyright holders and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use.
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/fair_use/
Stymied by Studies: We’re bombarded by new research findings every day, often contradicting earlier studies or findings. What are we to believe? PatientINFORM aims to render medical news more accessible for the public.
http://www.indystar.com/article/20081111/LIVING01/811110303/1083/LIVING01
Articles of Interest
Green Manufacturing Gains Momentum
PublishersWeekly.com – 11/24/2008
Opinions vary as to what is causing this ramped-up interest. Some in the industry believe it's simply the desire to do the right thing, fueled by the flood of environmental information now generally available.
Readers overwhelm EU's new digital library
Reuters – 11/20/2008
By Marty Swant BRUSSELS, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Europe's heritage went digital on Thursday when the European Union launched an online library putting famous works such as Dante's 'Divine Comedy' and Beethoven's 9th Symphony just a mouse click away.
College publishers awarded favourable ruling in copyright infringement suit
Knowledge Speak – 11/20/08
Publishers John Wiley & Sons, Inc., McGraw-Hill Education, Pearson Education, Inc. and Cengage Learning, Inc. have announced a favorable ruling and damages award in a copyright infringement case against two online booksellers
ALA/ARL Issues Guide to Google Settlement
Library Journal – 11/19/08
If you are confused by exactly what the recent Google Book Search settlement with publishers and authors might mean for your library, you’re hardly alone
New online resource transforms American Chemical Society’s online journals
Knowledge Speak – 11/19/08
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the launch of a new online resource for the hosting and delivery of the Society’s flagship Journal of the American Chemical Society and portfolio of peer-reviewed scholarly journals covering major sub-disciplines of chemistry as well as interface areas of scientific inquiry.
Google book search deal is good news for copyright law
Times Online Technology – 11/19/2008
The search giant's settlement with publishers could be a game-changing legal event, says the MP for Intellectual Property
Markets Declare Truce in Copyright Wars
Wall Street Journal – 11/17/08
Technology and copyright law have been at odds since the beginning of the digital era. Music publishers sued the fans who illegally downloaded songs. Movie studios and book publishers had their lawyers and lobbyists block digital access as best they could. But content owners are finally realizing they're better off helping their customers use digital media than trying to stop the march of technology.
Reviewing Peer-Review
Discovering Biology In A Digital World – 11/18/2008
On the Seed Magazine site...: ScienceBloggers discuss the advantages of open science and debate the necessity of the current peer-review system. Nice! But of course I'd say that.
Google set to push deal outside US
The bookseller – 11/13/2008
Google is to "actively work" with publishers outside the United States to implement a deal, similar to the provisional agreement signed with US publishers, enabling web users to browse and buy millions of titles online.
YouTube lets advertisers buy search terms
CNET – 11/12/08
YouTube on Wednesday said it's rolling out a new ad platform called Sponsored Videos
Stymied by studies
Indianapolis Star – 11/11/08
PatientINFORM is a collaboration among voluntary health organizations, such as the American Cancer Society, and medical journals.
A Postscript to a Political Life
The Wall Street Journal – 11/11/2008
Patricia Schroeder says she never intended to become a politician. When she entered the 1972 congressional race for Colorado's First District, it was meant to be a symbolic gesture.
Comment: The best bit of the Google book settlement
Ars Technica – 11/11/08
One area covered by the important new Google Book Search settlement is that of out-of-print books, which are now on a path to a page or screen near you.
Legal issues among topics examined at upcoming Internet Summit
TechJournal South – 11/11/08
Copyright law in the age of YouTube and Web 2.0 technologies, for instance, presents some difficulties despite passage of the Digital Millennium Copyright
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ScienceBlogs – 11/10/08
The "Fair Copyright in Research Works Act" (HR 6845) would change US Copyright law to forbid agencies like the NIH from conditioning their grants
Nature Publishing Group and BioCentury Launch Site License Model ...
MarketWatch – 11/10/08
Peter Collins, Publishing Director at Nature Publishing Group, said: "This is a valuable development for SciBX. SciBX is now compatible with the site license subscription model that many of our subscribers are familiar with.”
HarperCollins Publishers and The Wall Street Journal Form Publishing Partnership...
MarketWatch – 11/10/08
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- HarperCollins Publishers and The Wall Street Journal today announced the formation of a three-year publishing partnership.
Librarians Want to Out-Google Google With a Better Search Engine
The Wired Campus – Chronicle of Higher Ed – 11/10/08
Have you ever wished for a personal reference librarian, an information guru to point you to the most reliable sites whenever you search the Web? A new search-engine project aims to simulate something like that. The trick? Weighting search results so that librarians’ picks rise to the top.
Google Signs a Deal to e-Publish Out-of-Print Books - NYTimes.com
The New York Times – 11/09/2008
PARIS — Long after other media joined the digital revolution, book publishers clung to the reassuringly low-tech tools of printing press, paper and ink.
Harvard, Google Cannot Reach Book Scanning Agreement
Daily Tech – 11/05/08
Google moves forward with its digital book scanning project, without Harvard's help.
MySpace ad deal lets members use copyright video
Casper Star Tribune – 11/04/2008
NEW YORK - Instead of trying to take down all copyright-protected videos that its members post, MySpace will let certain clips stay _ and give the creators of the original content a cut of the revenue from advertising that will be attached to the snippets.
Comments on the Google-Publisher settlement #3
By Peter Suber – 11/03/08
Well, of course it took a long time, but at the end of the day most of the several years [it has taken to reach this settlement]...has been a matter of the book publishing industry deciding to name a reasonable price.
The Washington Post
MediaPost Publications – 11/03/08
This makes Google's recent settlement look like a failure. On the contrary, settling probably puts Google in a better position than it would have been.
UNC, NCSU, Duke unhappy with having to track down copyright ‘pirates’
Triangle Business Journal – 10/31/08
The administrators became de facto enforcers with the passage of the Higher Education Opportunity Act this year and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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PSP Contributing Staff:
Sara Pinto, Director
Kate Kolendo, Project Manager
John Tagler, Executive Director