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NewsBreaks
Europe Struggles With Licensing Text and Data Mining
by Marydee Ojala
You could characterize Licences for Europe, the European Commission's Working Group 4 on text and data mining (WG4), either as a major meeting of the minds or as wishful thinking that scientists, librarians, publishers, and the entertainment industry could all just get along. Apparently, the wishful thinking characterization won the day with those wishes not granted as representatives of the library, research, and technology communities formally withdrew from the process just prior to the fourth scheduled meeting on May 29, 2013.

Weekly News Digests
NISO Publishes Recommended Practice on OpenURLs
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announced the publication of a new Recommended Practice: "Improving OpenURLs Through Analytics (IOTA): Recommendations for Link Resolver Providers" (NISO RP-21-2013). The report provides instructions on how to identify problems with OpenURLs and help content providers ensure that their metadata is correct and complete.
CCC Partners With HFA on Music Licenses
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) teamed up with the Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA), a rights management, licensing, and royalty provider for the music industry. HFA's music licensing service is now available on CCC's website, adding to CCC's existing rights offerings for print materials, movies and television shows, images, blogs, and ebooks.
Elsevier Announces Digital Services Upgrade
Elsevier will upgrade its more than 500 websites this fall with better capabilities for search and mobile access. Elsevier's investment will deliver more accuracy in search results, an improved editorial tool for article collections, and mobile optimization.

NewsLink Spotlight
Top Mobile Apps for Productivity
by Paula J. Hane
In last month's Spotlight article, I highlighted some browser extensions that I find to be very useful. The article has proven popular with readers, and I've even benefitted from readers' suggestions. So, now I'd like to cover some of the mobile apps that I've found to be the most helpful. I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone running Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), and the apps I'm including here are available for Android devices (at the Google Play Store), and some are also available for Apple iOS at the Apple iTunes store. I trust you will find these to be handy and serve as a starting point to look for others. (If you have others in your toolkit that you'd like to share, let me know.)

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Bookshelf
The Accidental Taxonomist, 3rd edition
The Accidental Taxonomist, 3rd edition
by Heather Hedden
Foreword by Stephanie Lemieux
The Accidental Taxonomist is the most comprehensive guide available to the art and science of building information taxonomies. Heather Hedden—a leading taxonomy expert and instructor—walks readers through the process, displaying her trademark ability to present highly technical information in straightforward, comprehensive English.

In this fully revised third edition, Hedden adds an entirely new chapter on ontologies, emphasizes the SKOS model of concepts over the traditional thesaurus model of terms, and provides new insights into taxonomy development techniques. She presents fresh survey data; new screenshots and examples; and updated information on software, career opportunities, and resources for taxonomists.

2022/502pp softbound/ISBN 978-1-57387-586-8 | $47.50


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