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The article offers information statistical data and reports collection of European Commission (EU) institution Eurostat. Topics covered include the wide array of research available on Eurostat's website such as those that deal with the fields of social sciences, taxation and economics. Also mentioned is the classification of reports and news releases by themes in various Eurostat databases.

The article discusses the use of the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) system that replaces the patent classification system being used by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The CPC project is seen to eliminate duplicative searches and is also the first step in the development of the Common Hybrid Classification (CHC), a single classification scheme for all patent offices worldwide. CPC's code will be revised continuously to keep apace with rapidly changing technologies.

This section offers news briefs on the library and information science industry as of March to April 2015. The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) established in 1861 has changed its name to Government Publishing Office retaining the same acronym. ProQuest has released the initial 2 million pages of the digitized Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) in Paris, France. Amy Ryan will assume the chairmanship of the Digital Public Library of America in July 2015 for a two year term.

The article offers news briefs related to libraries, as of July 2016. WebJunction library has received a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for a 2-year project. The Ingenta library has collaborated with TrendMD and ReadCube databases to increase discoverability of articles hosted on Ingenta Connect platform. Alexander Street has launched Anthropological Fieldwork Online, a primary source database that digitizes unpublished fieldwork of early to mid-20th century.

The article reports that Ex Libris Group expanded its Primo Central Index by adding published Asian and European content from institutions including Manuscriptorium Digital Library, Woodhead Publishing, and the World Bank.

The article offers information on European Parliament decisions to end geo-blocking might impact ebook businesses of European booksellers. Topics discussed include e-books carries high value-added tax rate than hard-copy books; the views of Raegan MacDonald, Mozilla's senior policy manager, on digital market; and digital camera technology.

The article reports that Russian authorities are putting pressure on Natalya Sharina, director of the Library of Ukrainian Literature in Moscow, who has been under house arrest since October 2015 for allegedly disseminating extremist books. It reports that Sharina is accused of wasting money from the library's budget, aimed for the library's lawyers salaries, to pay to her attorney.

The article discusses awareness about issues regarding intellectual property (IP) rights and copyright. Topics covered include IP education subjects for early awareness of students about copyright laws and infringement of intellectual property rights, improvement of metadata and measures for data mining. Also mentioned are the Digita Vaticana project, the Common Sense for Copyright (CSC) and support of the Finnish Open Ministry for crowdsourced legislation.

The article features several information services solutions including 3M SelfCheck QuickConnect Interface from 3M Library Systems, Gate Scanner security software from Sasa Software and dtSearch Engine for Android from dtSearch Corp.

This article reports that participants at the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) European conference in Vienna, Austria, as of June 2005, used the BlackBerry and other hand-held devices to access information from the CAplus and CAS Registry databases. The service, which is called CAS Mobile, will be available through STN and SciFinder in the near future.

The article reports on the decision of Investext, a database provider of company and industry analysis, to increase the number of contributing firms in Great Britain and Europe. Investext's database provides analytical reports from stock brokers and consulting firms worldwide. The company also has expanded its international resources. The company is a part of Thomson Financial Networks that offers reports on publicly traded companies and industries. It offers in-depth analysis of strategy and performance.

Presents international news briefs related to electronic information services as of November 1986. Availability of Investext database from Business Research Corp. in Europe via Data-Star; Addition of the Chemical Safety Data Guide to the Human Resource Information Network in the U.S.; Electronic information services to be provided by Dialcom Inc. to customers in Japan.

This article focuses on the Labordoc and Laborinfo bibliographic databases produced by the International Labor Organization (ILO). The databases can be found in the Human Resource Information Network of telecommunications firm Executive Telecom System Inc. Labor Doc contains more than 120,000 references with abstracts to ILO documents and other publications. Laborinfo provides abstracts of key material pointing to major trends in labor and social affairs and focuses on legislation, landmark judicial decisions, directives of the European community.