Georgia State University Declared ‘Prevailing Party’ in Copyright Battle
Information Today reports that “a federal court in Georgia declared Georgia State University (GSU) to be the “prevailing party” in its ongoing copyright infringement battle with Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and SAGE Publications (“Publishers”). In an Aug. 10, 2012 court order that closes out the trial phase of the lawsuit, the court denied the Publishers’ request that GSU maintain detailed records of its use of copyrighted works, clarified several points on the fair use of works by universities, and ordered that the Publishers pay GSU’s attorneys fees…”
NISO Publishes Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS) Standard
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announces the publication of a new American National Standard, JATS: Journal Article Tag Suite, ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2012. JATS provides a common XML format in which publishers and archives can exchange journal content by preserving the intellectual content of journals independent of the form in which that content was originally delivered. In addition to the element and attribute descriptions, three journal article tag sets (the Archiving and Interchange Tag Set, the Journal Publishing Tag Set, and the Article Authoring Tag Set) are part of the standard. While designed to describe the textual and graphical content of journal articles, it can also be used for some other materials, such as letters, editorials, and book and product reviews…”
NISO Publishes New Version of NCIP – NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol
NISO has also announced “the publication of the two-part American National Standard on the NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP), ANSI/NISO Z39.83. NCIP addresses the need for interoperability among disparate circulation, interlibrary loan, consortial borrowing, and self-service applications by standardizing the exchange of messages between and among computer-based applications. Part 1 of the standard defines the Protocol and Part 2: Implementation Profile provides a practical implementation structure…”
Great Creative Commons Resources from the CC Community
InfoDOCKETreferences this very “useful compilation of resources by Natalya Berenshteyn focuses on resources produced by international CC affiliates and includes:
- Introductions to Creative Commons
- CC and Government
- Journalism and Blogging
- Business Models
Call for Submissions: Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP) is a peer reviewed, open access journal, which provides a forum for librarians and other information professionals to discover research that may contribute to decision making in professional practice. EBLIP seeks submissions for the following sections:
- Classics: Contributions to the “Classics” section follow a structured format designed to highlight, summarize, and critically appraise research studies that stood the test of time and continue to have an impact on library and information practice.
- Commentaries: Commentaries are opinion pieces on a topic related to evidence based practice. This is a non peer-reviewed section.
- Review Articles: Review articles provide a way for librarians to obtain an overview of the evidence on a particular topic, and stay current with the literature.
- Using Evidence in Practice: The “Using Evidence in Practice” section features brief reports of LIS practitioners’ use of evidence to assist with decision making. This is a non-peer reviewed section.
For more information about these sections, please visit http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/about/submissions.
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