December 2006

Aperta la registrazione per EU Conference - Scientific Publication System - 14-16 febbraio 2007

CONFERENZA Scientific Publishing in the European Research Area: "Access, Dissemination and Preservation in the Digital Age". Il 15 e il 16 febbraio la Commissione Europea ospiterà una conferenza sulle pubblicazioni scientifiche presso il CHARLEMAGNE Building. I posti sono limitati, pertanto si invitano gli interessati a registrarsi al piu' presto alla URL: https://webgate.cec.eu.int/fmi/iwp/cgi?-db=scientificpublishingintheeuropeanresearcharea&-loadframes
Per il programma consultare la URL: ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/conference-programme-041206_en.pdf

Conferenza "Academic Publishing in Europe"

Il 23 e 24 gennaio 2007 si terrà la nuova edizione della conferenza internazionale "Academic Publishing in Europe" che quest’anno ha come filo conduttore il ruolo dell'innovazione tecnologica nelle strategie di business delle imprese editoriali: dal digital content management agli standard internazionali, dalle possibilità del web semantico al ruolo dei motori di ricerca, dai repository di contenuti all’Open Access, dalle biblioteche digitali alla tutela del diritto d’autore.
Per informazioni sul programma di APE 2007, www.ape2007.eu

New UKSG Working Group Established to Improve Procedures for Journals Transferring Between Publishers

April 18, 2006  The purpose of this Working Group, provisionally called TRANSFERand set up under the auspices of the United Kingdom Serials Group (UKSG - www.uksg.org.), is to create a Code of Practice for the transfer of journal titles between publishers. Publishers that adhere to the Code of Practice could become 'compliant' in muchthe same way as the COUNTER logo is displayed by publishers and vendors compliant with the COUNTER Code of Practice. The goal is to ensure that the transfer of journals between compliant vendors, and, in time, all vendors, follows agreed standards which will reduce the administrative load for librarians and
ensure seamless access. In all aspects the Group must be considerate of anti-trust and anti-competition rules.
The first meeting of the UKSG Working Group was held in Oxford, UK, on March 30th, 2006. For  more information on TRANSFER, contact Nancy.Buckley(at)oxon.blackwellpublishing.com

Release 1 of COUNTER Code for books and reference works
March 31, 2006  The first version of COUNTER code for books and reference works has been released.
http://www.projectcounter.org/

EU Commission Study addresses Europe's scientific publication system
March 31, 2006. The European Commission is today publishing a study which examines the scientific publication system in Europe. Scientific publication ensures that research results are made known, which is a pre-condition for further research and for turning this knowledge into innovative products and services. Scientific publication is also an important part of certifying the quality of the work done. Given the scarcity of public money to provide access to scientific publications, there is a strong interest in seeing that Europe has an effective and functioning system for scientific publication that speedily delivers results to a wide audience. Today’s report, drawn up for the Commission by a panel of experts, makes a number of recommendations for future action, including improving access to publicly-funded research. All interested parties are invited to send feedback on the report’s findings to the Commission, to provide input for a conference on scientific publication to be held in autumn 2006.
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/414&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Portico announces preservation collaboration with the American Anthropological Association
March 27, 2006  Portico's partnership with the American Anthropological Association ensures these valuable journals will be preserved for future students, researchers, and scholars in the field of anthropology. In addition to supplying their journal title list in Portico, the AAA has agreed to make an annual financial contribution to Portico and has designated the Portico archive as the official delivery platform for post-cancellation access claims.The AAA's journals are published by the University of California Press, one of the oldest scholarly publishers in the United States.The AAA joins the American Mathematical Association, Oxford University Press, Elsevier, John Wiley & Sons, Berkeley Electronic Press, Symposium Journals, and UK Serials Group as publisher participants in the Portico archive.
http://www.portico.org/news/032706.html

Science Direct and Scopus compliant to COUNTER 2 release
March 21, 2006  ScienceDirect® and Scopus® Usage Reports are now fully compliant with Release 2 of the international COUNTER Code of Practice for Journals and databases. Elsevier initially became COUNTER compliant in November 2003, and is now one of the first publishers to achieve Release 2 compliance. The COUNTER Code of Practice is supported by a global organization of librarians, publishers and their professional organizations, and promotes credible, consistent, and compatible measurement of usage data from online information resources around the world.
http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/news/press_releases/archive/archive2006/counter.asp

Oxford University Press signs agreement with PORTICO

March 13, 2006 Oxford University Press (OUP) has executed an agreement to preserve their 149 titles in the Portico archive (www.portico.org). OUP will make an annual financial contribution to support Portico's ongoing operations – based on their total journal revenues (subscriptions, licensing, and advertising) – and has designated Portico as an official delivery platform for post-cancellation access claims. OUP joins the growing list of Portico publisher participants, including Elsevier, John Wiley and Sons, Berkeley Electronic Press, American Mathematical Society, Symposium Journals, and UK Serials Group.
Oxford University Press Release-

January 2006

CLOCKSS Project

January 23, 2006 A group of publishers, librarians, and learned societies have launched a community initiative employing the LOCKSS technology to support a large dark archive that serves as a failsafe repository for published scholarly content. Controlled LOCKSS (CLOCKSS), aims to provide assurance to the research community that a disaster, which would prevent the delivery of content, will not obstruct access to journal content. CLOCKSS content or the orphaned content would only become available after a trigger event, such as the material was no longer available from the publisher. In these situations, a joint advisory board, representing societies, publishers and libraries, will begin the process to determine if the content is orphaned and whether it should be made publicly available. The board ensures that content is controlled but that no one person or sector has authority over orphaned digital materials in the system. The initial two-year pilot includes research libraries, commercial and society publishers. During this time, publishers and libraries will continue to work closely to collect and analyze data and develop a proposal for a full-scale archiving model. As part of a longer-term strategy to permanently preserve published work, CLOCKSS will report the findings to the wider community and begin the dialogue about a global infrastructure to ensure preservation of all past, present, and future digital scholarly content.