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22 July 2008

ALPSP announces finalists for annual awards

22 July 2008

Research report investigates public library funding

20 July 2008

New common policy for science journals

20 July 2008

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20 July 2008

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APA rethinks NIH policy after backlash from open-access community

17 July 2008
The American Psychological Association is looking again at its plans to charge authors to fulfil the National Institutes of Health mandate.

Libraries divided over preservation urgency

16 June 2008
Library views are mixed about the urgency of digital preservation, according to a study by Portico and Ithaka.

Seal sets standards for open-access journals

19 May 2008
The SPARC Europe Seal for Open Access journals intends to address the confusion that sometimes surrounds the use and reuse of material published in OA journals.

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10 September 2008

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