Societies

Metrics – Alternatives to Altmetrics?

There has been a significant increase in focus on Altmetrics in the last 6–12 months, with services such as ImpactStory and Altmetric receiving much attention. It’s easy to forget that, while at least part of the reason for their emergence is a sense of dissatisfaction with the Impact Factor, there were already numerous alternatives to…

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Societies

Modernizing Copyright – Extension of Exceptions

On 20th December 2012, the UK Government published the White Paper “Modernising Copyright,” setting out its proposals for reforming UK copyright law, based on the recommendations made in “Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property and Growth,” published in May 2011. However, there has been some dilution of the Hargreaves’ recommendations as a result of the consultation…

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