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  • SIIA Announces Lineup of Top Executives and Industry Analysts to Speak at 2005 Information Industry Summit
     

  • SIIA’s 4th Annual Information Industry Summit to focus on industry growth strategies
     

  • The Jordan, Edmiston Group Returns as Gold Sponsor of SIIA’s 2005 Information
    Industry Summit

     

     
    Anti-Piracy Slogan Contest
     
    Jan OUtsell webcast

    SIIA Press Releases:
     

  • SIIA Confers Record Reward to Software Piracy Whistleblower
     
  • Nominations for SIIA’s 20th Annual Codie Awards Breaks All-Time Record
     
  • SIIA Backs Findings of Justice Department’s Anti-Piracy Report
     
  • SIIA to Award $1000 to Winner of Anti-Piracy Slogan Contest
     
  • SIIA Content Division Announces New Board Members for 2004

     

    Public Policy:
     

  • SIIA Comments to NIH re: enhanced public access to NIH-funded research
     

  •  November Intellectual Property Update
    (members only)
     

  • SIIA Policy Brief on Textbook Adoption Reform for Electronic Learning Resources
     

  • SIIA Files Joint Brief to Supreme Court Re: Interstate Barriers to E-Commerce
     

     

     

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  • SIIA Content Industry Weekly SIIA Homeheadlines gathered by Shore Communications Inc.
    produced by Shore Communications Inc.
    DECEMBER 20, 2004                                                                                         Subscribe NOW
    SIIA's 2005 Information Industry Summit (IIS) is six short weeks away. On February 1st and 2nd, leaders in our industry will get together in New York to discuss their strategies for success in 2005. Register by COB tomorrow to save $200!

    Information Industry Headlines - December 13 - December 17, 2004
    TRENDS  

    Want to shake up the world? Just scan stuff that's been sitting around for centuries...

    Google Is Adding Major Libraries to Its Database New York Times*
    Google's Plan Prompts a Question: What's on the Web? (audio - includes comments by Brewster Kahle) National Public Radio
    Google's Library Project Could Drive Content Contest eWeek
    Strangers in the Stacks WSJ Online*

    The Pursuit of Knowledge, From Genesis to Google

    New York Times*
    Yet today's libraries are preparing for a robust future...
    Library Buildings 2004 -- It Just Keeps Booming Library Journal
    As new patterns of ecommerce reshape online content...
    Redefining the News Online USC Annenberg OJR
    eBay to buy Rent.com for $415 million New York Times*
    Froogle turns to Web for product reviews CNET News
    Newspapers Want to Charge for Content, but Will Readers Pay? USC Annenberg OJR
    Newspaper Woes Are Black and White WSJ Online*
    Enterprise portals becomes the fulcrum for premium content...

    Can IBM be Google for business?

    CNET News
    Endeca Selected As Exclusive Provider of Guided Navigation For New IBM DB2 Search Software BusinessWire
    Verity and Yahoo! Partner to Integrate Enterprise Search with Web Search PR Newswire
    While the battle for personal content heats up...

    Microsoft debuts desktop search tool

    MSNBC
    Google desktop search not enterprise-ready CNET News
    And file sharing networks struggle for legitimacy...

    Supreme Court to Review File-Sharing Ruling

    WSJ Online*
    FTC focuses on file swapping CNET News
    P2P Needs a Fix, but What? Wired News
    Exploding the Big Music myth P2PNet
    Ah, but they were giants in their own time...

    Reuters Could Reach Deal For Telerate in Coming Days

    WSJ Online*
    In other major content trends this week...
    Calls for Open Access Challenge Academic Journals USC Annenberg OJR
    Google vs. Yahoo: Heavyweights attack from different angles AP via Post-Gazette.com
    Spam set to rise in 2005 NetImperative
    I was fired for blogging: Ellen Simonetti CNET News
    Time Warner Expects to Settle AOL Inquiries for $510 Million WSJ Online*
    Judge Dismisses One Crucial Claim Made in Suit Against Google New York Times*
    Court Case Pits Google and Geico New York Times*
    Politics — on the light side: New Web site mixes gossip, news and information Salem Observer
    HD Radio Offers Tantalizing Hope for Niche, Hyperlocal Radio Content USC Annenberg OJR
    TOOLS & BEST PRACTICES  

    Conquering the Digital Haystack

    Inc.com
    The Emergence Of Geoportals Planetizen

    Relive the Moment by Searching Your IM Logs with Custom Research Services

    MSDN Magazine

    Yahoo Adds Traffic Reports To Maps Service

    TechWeb
    Excess Copyright? P2PNet
    SECTORS & SALES  
    SLA, Elsevier to Announce New Partnership myS@N.de
    Peopleclick Selects FAST Data Search to Help Clients PR Newswire via Belga
    Verity Acquires Dralasoft PR Newswire
    VENDORS  
    Management Changes At Elsevier And RBI Netherlands

    Managing Information

    Pearson to Sell Spanish Publisher Recoletos for $988.6 Million WSJ Online*
    Entopia enriches England IT-Ananysis.com
    Groxis Launches 'Search-and-Research' Platform for the Education Market

    PR Newswire via

    Yahoo!Finance

    SilkRoad Launches Eprise Docs, Offers Easy-to-Use Library Services and Doc. Management Capabilities BusinessWire
    Viyya Technologies-Pink Sheets: VYON-Announces Software Now Commercially Available

    BusinessWire

    FIND.COM Launches Online B2B Sourcing Directory in Partnership with ThomasB2B.com BusinessWire via TMCNet
    Rocketinfo First Search Engine to Release News Search API MarketWire
    New Recruitment Web Site Targets Bloggers eMediaWire
    Net Snippets Announces Free Post-Search Tool EContent Magazine
    Top Publishers Sign With OverDrive to Distribute Download Audio Books MarketWire
       

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    SIIA MEMBER PRESS RELEASES & NEWS

    Blackboard Inc.

    ~Blackboard Course Cartridge Catalog Grows to More Than 3,500 Course Offerings

     

    Dialog | The Thomson Corporation:

    ~Dialog Seeks 2005 North American Roger K. Summit Scholarship Applicants

     

    Dow Jones & Company:

    ~Dow Jones & Company Launches the Far Eastern Economic Review in a New, Monthly Format

     

    ebrary:

    ~ebrary Named to the EContent 100 List of Companies that ''Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry'' (BusinessWire)

     

    Elsevier | Reed Elsevier:

    ~ScienceDirect launches New Release

     

    Glencoe/McGraw-Hill | The McGraw-Hill Companies:

    ~Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Launches Online Multilingual Math Glossary

     

    HighBeam™ Research, Inc.

    ~HighBeam Research Named to the EContent 100 for the Second Consecutive Year since Its Founding Two Years Ago

     
    LexisNexis | Reed Elsevier:

    ~LexisNexis Launches HotDocs 2005

    ~LexisNexis Acquires Interface Software to Bring More Powerful CRM Products to Legal and Professional Service Markets

     

    PR Newswire:

    ~PR Newswire Survey Reveals Eight in 10 Say Quiet Period Needed but Outdated

     

    ProQuest Information and Learning:

    ~ProQuest Company to Acquire Voyager Expanded Learning

     

    Thomson West | The Thomson Corporation:

    ~New Intelligent Software from Thomson West Assists Legal Professionals in Drafting Estate Planning Documents


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