2008 Industry Trends news
Authors, publishers and Google agree on copyright
3 November 2008
A new agreement will see many more digitised books available through Google Book Search and new ways to ensure that copyright owners are paid for this access.
Science community plans global data library
27 October 2008
The international science community has agreed on the first steps to establishing a global virtual library for scientific data.
Consumers drive book digitisation, says survey
Book digitisation is being driven by consumers, online retailers and search engines, according to a survey by Frankfurt Book Fair.
New OA declaration is developed
10 October 2008
The latest statement on open access, the Brisbane Declaration, has been released.
JISC awards funding for digitisation projects
2 October 2008
The UK's JISC funding body will fund 25 projects that aim to improve existing digital content and digitise new materials for sustainable access in the future.
Swets buys Dutch book seller
2 October 2008
Subscription services company Swets has bought Boekhandel E. Frencken, a Netherlands-based book and journal seller.
Study explores 'noncommercial use'
25 September 2008
Creative Commons has launched a study into 'noncommercial use' of content
More partners join SCOAP3
23 September 2008
The SCOAP3 consortium, which is pushing for open access to published high-energy physics research, has announced new partners.
Information professions could become disconnected from users
16 September 2008
Information professions including librarianship, archives, publishing and journalism could become increasingly disconnected from their users. This is one of the conclusions of a new book edited by David Nicholas and Ian Rowlands.
UKPubMed Central gets funding for development
16 September 2008
The UK PubMed Central website has received funding for further development over the next three years.
Other categories
2008 Archive
Study challenges e-book assumptions
9 September 2008
International Open Access Day planned
1 September 2008
Deadline for Elsevier Foundation grant proposals looms
30 August 2008
Max Planck Society strikes OA deal with PLoS
29 August 2008
Gladstone scientists create Wikipathways
15 August 2008
Open-access articles don't generate more citations, says study
11 August 2008
SPARC Europe and DRIVER promote repositories
19 July 2008
Collexis and JISC launch new online resource
18 July 2008
GWLA joins SCOAP3
18 July 2008
INIST launches OpenSIGLE database
16 July 2008
Call for OA publication funds to be more accessible
15 July 2008
European Research Infrastructures portal launched
14 July 2008
PRISM Cookbook released
14 July 2008
Research project explores digital memories
8 July 2008
EThOS opening access to UK theses
5 July 2008
Harvard FAS voted SPARC Innovators
3 July 2008
Students use print and electronic books equally
27 June 2008
ACAP to adopt PLUS image licensing standards
24 June 2008
Report cautions against the over-reliance on citation statistics
20 June 2008
Data management examined at conference
19 June 2008
OAI releases beta version of ORE specifications
15 June 2008
JISC joins open-access physics consortium
12 June 2008
Research data could become inaccessible
11 June 2008
Social applications help academics share information
10 June 2008
Student plagiarism study finds consensus
10 June 2008
Médecins Sans Frontières launches repository
22 May 2008
TechWatch report looks at metadata
20 May 2008
British Library CEO advises ministers on intellectual property
19 May 2008
Developing world research grows faster thanks to information access
19 May 2008
HINARI delivers ADA's event knowledge
18 May 2008
MIT Press and Tizra create online library
17 May 2008
Reprints Desk comes top in Outsell survey
17 May 2008
Harvard law faculty votes for open access
8 May 2008
Fee reduction on ALT certified membership
4 May 2008
SPARC Europe Award for Leo Waaijers
30 April 2008
Record month for Ingram Digital
22 April 2008
Ekatius delivers the latest medical event knowledge
2 April 2008
STM publishers clarify position on authors' rights
1 April 2008
ADA makes agreement with Conference Archives
18 March 2008
Researchers in South Caucasus countries get online
17 March 2008
Publisher views to access are changing
11 March 2008
Mathematical method ranks scientific journals
10 March 2008
Nancy Lambert wins patent information award
5 March 2008
Open-access repository for Harvard faculty
1 March 2008
UK launches data sharing service for researchers
22 February 2008
Report shows JPEG 2000 is a great step forward
22 February 2008
Subject repositories top ranking
14 February 2008
Forum addresses author rights
13 February 2008
Ukraine gains high-speed connection to research
12 February 2008
Microsoft bids for Yahoo!
7 February 2008
New battle against plagiarism
2 February 2008
African information access boosted
1 February 2008
Google to launch online storage tool
27 January 2008
Task force takes on digital preservation
27 January 2008
UK universities to launch alternative to Google
22 January 2008
Industry should publish more in journals
20 January 2008
Research study shows 'Google Generation' is a myth
19 January 2008
Thomson Scientific launches Citation Impact Forum
8 January 2008
AAP and STM criticise new NIH publication policy
8 January 2008
US law provides free access to government funded research
7 January 2008
Scientific document delivery agreement endorsed
4 January 2008
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