IP authentication is the most important mechanism for authorizing access to licensed e-resources. Substantial business and policy issues for libraries and publishers alike connect up to IP authentication. Today, there is growing interest in eliminating IP authentication, so it is timely to examine the implications if we were soon to see its end.
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Until recently, I’ve considered Bitcoin to be a shady digital currency that facilitates the activities of drug lords, arms dealers, smugglers, prostitution rings, and other nefarious activities that hide in the shadows of an open market. In recent years, however, Bitcoin, has been moving into more pedestrian and lawful activities.
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In 2004, Google began a Digital Book Project, which involved scanning books under agreements with several major research libraries and other institutional partners around the world. The Project resulted in an index of more than 20 million digitized books.
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We often see discussions of scholarly publishing framed with familiar terminology — commercial vs. non-profit; subscription vs. open access; glamour vs. non-glamour; specialty vs. general; high-impact vs. low-impact.
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Publishers and retailers will aim to prevent e-book prices from soaring when a new European-wide VAT law on digital products is introduced on 1st January.
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According to a report published by IOP, scientific research in Brazil is on the rise .... in a big way. Where many areas of the world are seeing contraction, Brazil's scientific community seems poised to take a bigger role in the future. See the snippet below and a link to the full article.
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Keep a close eye on this Bill. This will certainly change the way a lot of business is conducted and even perceived should it pass. - Dave The Marketplace Fairness Act, an internet sales tax measure that supporters say will help mom-and-pop retailers compete with online retailers, passed the U.S. Senate by a 69-27 margin on Monday and will soon go before the House.
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This article embodies http://www.piccombo.org/cheap/ the essence of what publishers should be thinking when they want to create truly digital content. by Brian F. O’Leary (Founder and Principal, Magellan Media) brian.oleary@magellanmediapartners.com> "...
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Here is an interesting article that summarizes the way technology is changing the landscape for news/information delivery. Interestingly, it's more about the person and their needs and the technology that facilitates this rather than anything else.
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