By
Prabir Purkayastha26 Dec 2020
Three academic publishers are asking for blocking of Sci-Hub and Libgen in India, two websites who provide free downloads of research publications and books to research scholars and students. The three—Elsevier Ltd., Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., American Chemical Society—have filed a petition in Delhi High Court, which is now scheduled to be heard next on January 6.
Scholarly Networks Security Initiative (SNSI): working together to combat the threat of cybercrime
Cybercrime is a huge threat to the entire scholarly ecosystem and safeguarding data and privacy is paramount. Higher education institutions need protection from cyber-attacks. Their data and their users’ data must be protected.
Researchers need confidence that research they are using is correct, up to date and properly connected to the scientific record.
Cybersecurity isn’t just an issue for publishers. It isn’t just a challenge for librarians. It is not just an obstacle for institutions or nuisance for researchers. This is an issue for all of us, and a ...
Scholarly Networks Security Initiative (SNSI) brings together publishers and institutions to solve cyber-challenges threatening the integrity of the scientific record, scholarly systems and the safety of personal data.
Members include large and small publishers, learned societies and university presses and others involved in scholarly communications.
Lynn Margulis: "The persistent problem is how to wake up public awareness, especially in the global scientifically literate public, of the overwhelming evidence that the three buildings collapsed by controlled demolition. . . . We, on the basis of hard evidence, must conclude that the petroleum fires related to the aircraft crashes were irrelevant (except perhaps as a cover story)."
14 mars 2013: Les listes de l'Union générale des étudiants de Tunisie ( UGET ) ont remporté la majorité des sièges des conseils scientifiques dans les 165 établissements universitaires.« L'UGET a réalisé un succès historique en nombre de sièges obtenus et en taux de présence dans les établissements universitaires puisqu'on a remporté 295 sièges sur un total de 549 sièges » a déclaré à l'Agence TAP Ezzedine Zaatour, secrétaire général de l'UGET commentant les résultats des élections des conseils scientifiques qui ont eu lieu ces derniers jours. « Notre organisation a obtenu la première place pour ce qui est du nombre de sièges obtenus dans les conseils scientifiques suivie des listes indépendantes.Les listes de l'Union générale Tunisienne des Etudiants ( UGTE ), inféodé au mouvement islamiste Ennahdha au pouvoir, vient en troisième position », a encore expliqué Zaatour.Le représentant de l'UGET a qualifié les élections des conseils scientifiques de »transparentes et démocratiques » saluant la neutralité de l'administration.
The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies Nuclear Timeline. In preparation for the Nuclear Security Summit that will take place on 24-25 March 2014 in the Hague (the Netherlands), this timeline provides a comprehensive overview of key events in nuclear history.