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A periodic alerting service leading you to information relevant to the professional and scholarly publishing industry
No. 73, October 31, 2011
Table of Contents
1. What’s New on the AAP Website?
2. PSP Education and Training Programs
3. Other Programs of Interest
4. New Job Postings
5. Suggested Reading
6. Last Call! The 2011 PROSE Awards Submissions Deadline is Monday, October 31st
1. What’s New on the AAP Website?
Check the AAP website regularly for updated information: http://www.publishers.org/.
2. PSP Education and Training Programs
Guest Speaker:
The PSP Books Committee has invited guest Mike Buschman, Director, Product Management, Serials Solutions, to its next meeting on Friday, November 11th from 12:30-1:30 PM at the AAP/NY offices. Mike will describe how the Summon™ web-scale discovery service is revolutionizing book discovery in libraries around the world, and what it means to scholarly book publishers now and in the future.
If you or a colleague would like to attend this talk in person, or via webinar, please email spinto@publishers.org.
Programs:
Fall 2011 Seminar Series on Selected Topics in Electronic Publishing (Forthcoming sessions)
Tuesday, November 15th – 12:00-1:30 PM
Tuesday, December 13th – 12:00-1:30 PM
Association of American Publishers
71 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
Due to popular demand the PSP Electronic Information Committee (EIC) is holding it's fifth series of the Seminar Series on Selected Topics in Electronic Publishing with new topics and new speakers. The programs are targeted to staff new to electronic publishing at member organizations and address the transition underway from print to the electronic side of scholarly and professional publishing. In-person spaces are limited to 18 but webinar spaces are unlimited.
Course Information
Registration Form
Save The Date!
PSP 2012 Annual Conference
Prospering with Digital: Making Investments Pay
February 1-3, 2012
Mayflower Hotel
Washington, DC
PSP 2012 Annual Conference Program
Online Registration Form
Fax/Mail Registration Form
Hotel Information
Additional Information
For more information on all of these seminars, please visit http://publishers.org/psp/seminars/.
For more information contact: spinto@publishers.org.
3. Other Programs of Interest
The Eroding of the Subscription Model and Emerging Alternatives (NFAIS)
November 10th
Philadelphia
http://www.nfais.org/page/358-erosion-of-the-subscription-model-nov-10-2011
Doing Business In Russia (NFAIS Webinar)
November 15th 11:00 AM (EST)
http://www.nfais.org/page/357-doing-business-in-russia-nov-15-2011
Email Marketing Part I: Five Secrets to Email Marketing Success (NFAIS Webinar)
November 17th 11:00 AM (EST)
http://www.nfais.org/page/356-2011-12-email-marketing-series
STM/CCC Permissions Guidelines - An Online Seminar for Publishers
November 17th 10:00 EST
http://www.cvent.com/events/stm-permissions-guidelines-an-online-seminar-for-publishers/event-summary-5705ff70f96545bcac213bb926cac2a6.aspx
Email Marketing Part II: How to Maximize Your Email Marketing ROI (NFAIS Webinar)
December 6th 11:00 AM (EST)
http://www.nfais.org/page/356-2011-12-email-marketing-series
4. New Job Postings
Continue to check the PSP site regularly for new job postings.
For full details, please visit http://www.pspcentral.org/jobOpenings/jobsOpenFrame.cfm to view these and other exciting career opportunities. To post a position please contact spinto@publishers.org.
5. Suggested Reading
(Please note: some links may require passwords.)
Web Sites of Interest
Digital Public Library of America and Europeana Announce Collaboration
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/7159
Patients Participate! Commissioned by JISC and carried out by the Association of Medical Research Charities, the British Library and UKOLN, Patients Participate! Bridges the gap between information access and understanding
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2011/10/participate.aspx
Linked Data for Libraries, Museums, and Archives: Survey and Workshop Report: Report of the Stanford Linked Data Workshop
http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub152abst.html
Articles of Interest
Copyright & Intellectual Property
U.S. Copyright Office Outlines "Priorities and Special Projects"
PW – 10/26/11
Orphan works, preservation for libraries, mass digitization and fighting digital piracy are among the priorities set by the Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante this week in a paper outlining the U.S. Copyright Office's "priorities and special projects" for the next two years.
Copyright Clearance Center Backs U.S. Copyright Office’s Priorities and Special Projects Report
Book Business Magazine – 10/26/11
Not surprisingly, the effect of technological advances on copyrighted work is a major focus of newly appointed Register of CopyrightsMaria Pallante’s document. Policy priorities addressing orphan works, mass book digitization and streamlined registration for groups of copyrighted works are of particular interest to book publishers.
Director of U.S. Copyright Office Announces Priorities, Special Projects for Next Two Years
Library of Congress – 10/25/11
Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante today made public her office’s priorities and special projects through October, 2013. The paper articulates 17 priorities in the areas of copyright policy and administrative practice, as well as 10 new projects designed to improve the quality and efficiency of the U.S. Copyright Office’s services in the 21st century.
Rogue site and streaming bills top priorities for Copyright Office
The Hill – 10/25/11
The U.S. Copyright Office released a two-year strategic plan, identifying bills to take down rogue websites and punish illegal steaming as top legislative priorities.
CopyrightInfrastructure In The Digital Age: Raising Awareness At WIPO
Intellectual Property Watch (blog) – 10/19/11
A global meeting entitled “Enabling Creativity in the Digital Environment:Copyright Documentation and Infrastructure” was held recently at the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Copyright Clearance Center Hires Michael Healy
Reuters – 10/18/11
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. announced that former Executive Director (Designate) at The Book Rights Registry, Michael Healy, will join as Executive Director, Author and Publisher Relations. The Book Rights Registry is the non-profit organization to be set up as a result of the Google Book Settlement, representing the interests of the rightsholder community.
E-Books
The Book Publishing Industry of the Future: It's All About Content
PBS Mediashift – 10/24/11
Technology has swept through the last decade with supreme force, crippling many businesses in its path that stood resistant. After pouting around in its own stubbornness, the publishing industry has begun to sway and finds itself scrambling to keep up.
What Would Happen if Amazon Ruled Publishing?
The Atlantic – 10/18/11
With Kindle, Amazon began to step on the toes ofbook publishers. Now, Amazon is going right forpublishers' hearts: their authors. The New York Times reports, Amazon is publishing 122 books this fall, both as paper and e-books.
Amazon Surges IntoBook Publishers' Territory
TechNewsWorld – 10/18/11
Some writers think Amazon would be a better deal for them than a traditional publishing house, even one bearing the storied name of say, Penguin or Random House.
Amazon leaves publishers in the cold by signing eBook authors directly
CBS News – 10/17/11
The online retail giant is upping investments in eBook publishing by signing writers directly, bypassing agents and major book publishers.
Amazon Signs Up Authors, Writing Publishers Out of Deal
New York Times – 10/17/11
Amazon.comhas taught readers that they do not need bookstores. Now it is encouraging writers to cast aside their publishers.
Google
Google Alerts Adds Support for Google Books
eBookNewser – 10/21/11
Google has added a new and fun little extra bit of code to Google Alerts. You can now use Google Alerts to search just for eBooks in Google Books.
Higher Education
College costs climb, yet again
CNN – 10/26/11
Although more Americans are getting help from scholarships and tax breaks, the net cost of college is eating up a higher share of the typical family's income in 2011, according to a recently released report.
Shutting Down Open Educational Resources
Inside Higher Ed – 10/18/11
A provision in the proposed House of Representatives budget for fiscal year 2012 would stop the federal government from using grant programs to develop new courses, learning materials or other related projects unless the labor secretary verifies that similar programs are not already available for purchase or “under development.” The move is a boon to publishers but advocates for community colleges and online education argued that the provision would stifle innovation and restrict colleges to the publishers’ more expensive programs.
Killing Open Educational Resources
ThinkProgress – 10/17/11
Textbook publishers, basically, don’t want the competition. And they’re right to fear it. In the zero marginal cost distribution world of digital publishing, the dominant strategy is free distribution by non-profits supported by government or philanthropic grants.
Libraries
A National Digital Public Library Begins to Take Shape
The Chronicle (subscription) – 10/25/11
At an energized meeting held at the National Archives, representatives from top cultural institutions and public and research libraries expressed robust support for the proposed library, which would create a portal to allow the public to get easy online access to collections held at many different institutions.
Getting Real About the Digital Public Library of America
The Digital Shift – 10/25/11
The all-day meeting On October 21st served as a forum for the major thinkers behind the digital library project, and was the site of several major announcements—including $5 million in funding, and a collaboration with Europe’s key digital library project.
The Digital Public Library of America: First Things First
Digital Humanities Blog/Dan Cohen – 10/20/11
Today and tomorrow I’m at the Digital Public Library of America meeting in Washington, DC. I’m a “convener” (I’m hoping that means “judge, jury, and executioner”) of the “Audience and Participation Workstream,” which is trying to assess who will use the DPLA and why.
Getting the Most out of Academic Libraries—and Librarians
The Chronicle – 10/18 11
Academic librarians share enthusiasm over the increasing power of technology to aid in scholarly research, and frustration that educating students and teachers is proving to be such a challenge.
Open Access & Institutional Repositories
Librarians inform public of access rights
The Utah Statesman – 10/27/11
Members of the Cache community came together for International Open Access Week to discuss reasons to take action on the issue of open records access.
Grant to Support Development of Stable Governance Structure for arXiv Scientific Repository
The Digital Shift – 10/26/11
Cornell University Library won a $60,000 grant on October 25th from the New York City-based Simons Foundation to support the development of a governance model for arXiv, a free scientific repository maintained by the library. arXiv, which allows scientists to share their research before publication, now has 700,000 “pre-print” articles, a million downloads a week and hundreds of thousands of contributors.
Editorial: Making research accessible
The Brown Daily Herald – 10/25/11
Institutions adoptingopen-accessresearch policies can educate their researchers on how to negotiate withjournals, and institutional commitments toopen accessmay help to increase researchers' bargaining power.
Open accessand scholarly publishing: is it time to tear down the paywalls?
The Conversation – 10/25/11
For researchers, not least those in the sciences, being published in the right sort ofjournals is no vanity project. It's a matter of huge importance, with very real implications for people's careers, and by extension their ability to put food on the table.
Science writer in residence assesses science publishing
News University of Wisconsin-Madison – 10/20/11
John Rennie is the fall, 2011 UW-Madison science writer in residence. In an interview, he states, “Publishing in general is rather famously in disarray, so the woes of science publishing are almost just a subset of that larger disruption.”
Piracy
House members unveil Stop Online Piracy Act
The Hill – 10/26/11
Members of the House Judiciary Committee unveiled a bipartisan bill that would significantly expand the federal government's authority to go after websites that provide access to pirated or counterfeit content.
Technology: A bipartisan attempt to regulate the Internet?
LA Times – 10/26/11
Leaders of the House Judiciary Committee introduced a beefed-up version of the Senate Judiciary Committee's proposedProtect IP Act, offering Hollywood new tools to go after foreign piracy hotbeds – as well as opening online storage, content-sharing and auction sites in the U.S. and elsewhere to attack from copyright and trademark owners.
House takes Senate’s bad Internet censorship bill, tries making it worse
Ars Technica – 10/26/11
Imagine a world in which any intellectual property holder can, without ever appearing before a judge or setting foot in a courtroom, shut down any website's online advertising programs and block access to credit card payments. The credit card processors and the advertising networks would be required to take quick action against the named website; only the filing of a “counter notification” by the website could get service restored.
House Unveils Anti-Piracy Measure Aimed at ‘Rogue’ Websites
Bloomberg – 10/26/11
U.S. House lawmakers introduced a measure aimed at combating “rogue” websites that sell pirated content, adding momentum to efforts to curb illegal online sales of music, movies and consumer products. The bill would let the U.S. Attorney General seek court orders to block foreign websites that steal and sell U.S. products, according to a news releaseposted today on the House Judiciary Committee’s website
Don’t Let Hollywood Break the Internet With the PROTECT IP Act!
Forbes – 10/26/11
Using forceful arguments about the ongoing threat of Internet piracy, Hollywood and its allies are pushing legislation through Congress that would ensnare and criminalize legitimate Internet sites on unproven allegations of content theft.
Copyright Alliance Cheers U.S. House Proposal to Curb Digital Theft of U.S. Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Today – 10/26/11
The Copyright Alliance welcomes H.R. 3261, The Stop Online Piracy Act, introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bipartisan legislation would promote prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation by combating the theft of U.S. intellectual property.
Students battle high textbook prices with piracy
Daily 49er – 10/23/11
There are many websites where students can search for the textbooks they need, download them for free in mere minutes and then read them on their computers or e-book reader.
Increase in e-books brings piracy problems for publishers
The Pitt News – 10/19/11
Pitt’s University Library System has increased its journal access by more than 200 percent since it began purchasing electronic resources about 15 years ago. But the increase in availability of e-books has brought new dilemmas for publishers and libraries, including how to price the books and how to combat piracy.
Bachmann joins voices questioning online copyright bill
The Hill – 10/17/11
Presidential candidate and Tea Party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has joined the growing chorus of both liberals and conservatives concerned about an online copyright bill that would significantly expand the government’s authority to shut down websites associated with copyright infringement.
Professional & Scholarly Publishing
Vanishing GhostAuthorship
The Scholarly Kitchen – 10/31/11
A new study published last week in the BMJ suggests that ghost authorship may be in decline.
Honorary and ghost authorship in high impact biomedical journals: a cross sectional survey
British Medical Journal – 10/25/11
This study assesses the prevalence of honorary and ghost authors in six leading general medical journals in 2008, and compares this with the prevalence reported by authors of articles published in 1996.
NISO Launches New Open Discovery Initiative
NISO Press Release – 10/25/11
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) voting members have approved a new Open Discovery Initiative work item to develop standards and recommended practices for next generation library discovery services.
JSTOR monopolizing public knowledge
Yale Daily News – 10/19/11
Letter to the editor . . . When a scholar publishes research in an academic journal, neither the author nor the journal editor is typically paid. Yet JSTOR and a handful of other companies that control academic publishing reap millions by charging exorbitant prices for subscriptions to libraries and high per-article fees to individuals not affiliated with those libraries. These paywalls are particularly indefensible since so much of academic research is funded, directly or indirectly, through public funds in the first place.
Speaking of Science
The Scientist – 10/1/11
A selection of quotes from past issues of The Scientist.
6. Last Call! The 2011 PROSE Awards Submissions Deadline is Monday, October 31st!
Last Call! The 2011 PROSE Awards Submissions Deadline is Monday, October 31st!
Take this last opportunity to submit your most exceptional books, reference works, journals and e-products to the 2011 PROSE Awards.
Visit www.proseawards.com to enter now!
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