WIPO Launches New Free Database of Judicial Decisions on Intellectual Property from Around the World

WIPO (the World Intellectual Property Organization) launched WIPO Lex-Judgments, a new database that provides free access to leading judicial decisions related to intellectual property law, worldwide.

Landmark analysis by Elsevier maps research data as UN Sustainable Development Goals reach fifth anniversary

Elsevier published a landmark report on The Power of Research to Advance the SDGs. It strengthens the understanding of the global SDG efforts and identifies the lack of sex and gender dimension across SDG research.

Educational Publishers Obtain Preliminary Injunction Against 63 Illegal eBook Websites that Use Online Ads to Sell Pirated Content

The Educational Publishers Enforcement Group (EPEG) publishers, consisting of Cengage, Elsevier, Macmillan Learning, McGraw Hill and Pearson, have obtained a Preliminary Injunction from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against 63 eBook websites that sell illegal, unlicensed eBooks using the functionalities of Google and Microsoft.

Launch of the OAPEN Open Access Books Toolkit

A freely available toolkit helps academic book authors to better understand open access book publishing.

Clarivate Launches the Arabic Citation Index in Egypt

Clarivate Plc launched the Arabic Citation Index (ARCI), the world's first local language citation index.

Scribd Buys SlideShare

The purchase of SlideShare from LinkedIn by Scribd raises questions about slide and document sharing.

A new library in the middle of a crisis

A new public library branch in the Alver Municipality Library System in Norway became a reality very quickly and in the middle of the Covid pandemic.

Tips for Taxonomy Creation

Heather Hedden, a highly experienced taxonomist, shares her top four tips for creating a taxonomy.

Fighting an International Infodemic

The global COVID-19 pandemic has upended our lives, both personal and professional. It has also introduced a new word into our vocabulary: Infodemic. Inoculating yourself, your library users, and your community against the Infodemic should be a vital skill for librarians worldwide.

Culture by Prescription: A Danish Project

Jan Holmquist reports on a Danish project where four municipalities offered stressed-out, anxious, or depressed people the opportunity to participate in cultural activities to increase their feelings of well being.

Cambridge University Press and Assessment to merge

Australian Foreign Affairs Launches New Digital Archive For Individuals and Institutions

OCLC signs agreements with publishers and other content providers worldwide

Portsmouth Library wants its Harry Potter book back

The Portsmouth City Library wants its Harry Potter first edition back, along with the £42,500 recent sales price

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IFLA's 2021 Congress to be Virtual

Instead of an in-person World Library & Information Congress in Rotterdam, IFLA has announced that the August 2021 congress will be entirely virtual.