2007 Library news

OCLC plans cataloguing and metadata pilot

17 December 2007
OCLC will explore the viability and efficiency of capturing metadata from publishers and vendors upstream and enhancing that metadata in WorldCat.

Columbia University joins GoogleBook Search

17 December 2007
Columbia University has become the 27th library to join with Google Book Search to digitise works from its collections.

Commissioner welcomes European Digital Library Foundation

29 November 2007
The Information Society and Media Commissioner has praised the new The European Digital Library project.

UK researchers get extended access to ScienceDirect

31 October 2007
The UK's National e-Journals Initiative 2 (NESLi2) has signed a four-year licence for Elsevier's ScienceDirect.

Yale and Microsoft partner on digitisation project

31 October 2007
Thousands of rare books from Yale University's Library will be available online thanks to a deal between Yale University and Microsoft.

OCLC and OCLC PICA form single brand

25 October 2007
OCLC is uniting all offices under one name and visual brand identity. OCLC PICA is now known as OCLC.

SAGE partners with WALDO

25 October 2007
The Westchester Academic Library Directors Organization has signed an agreement for access to SAGE's online journals.

Missouri library group signs up with Thieme

25 October 2007
Thieme Publishing Group has signed an agreement with the Missouri Library Network Corporation.

Mayo Clinic teams with Collexis to uncover database secrets

11 September 2007
US software developer, Collexis, is to pilot its semantic profiling system with Mayo Clinic Libraries, US, in a bid to mine hidden knowledge from existing databases

Google gets personal with libraries

11 September 2007
Internet search provider, Google, has added a new feature to its 'Books Search' that allows users to build their own digital libraries

Other categories

2007 Archive

International archives select UK preservation technology

6 September 2007

European libraries drive digital repositories forward

6 September 2007

YBP Library Services and Ebrary seal 'eBook' deal

4 September 2007

Australian library bags cash from Bill Gates

3 September 2007

German research society signs Thomson contract

23 August 2007

Cairo University updates operations

20 August 2007

Iraq national library invaded by troops

17 August 2007

Sage publications available online to Australian libraries

15 August 2007

Cornell University joins Google Book Search

10 August 2007

Yale University ditches BioMed Central

8 August 2007

Electronic books destined for academic success

7 August 2007

Knovel enters into agreement with JISC Collections

5 August 2007

New foundation supports DSpace users

17 July 2007

NIH chooses Collexis knowledge platform

16 July 2007

First Japanese library joins Google's digitisation programme

16 July 2007

OCLC acquires remaining shares of OCLC PICA

3 July 2007

British Library picks Innodata Isogen for publisher digitisation

28 June 2007

Australian health librarian picks up SLA award

25 June 2007

Thomson looks for scholarship recipient

19 June 2007

Two libraries switch to Innovative

19 June 2007

Eighteen Asian universities have chosen Scopus so far this year

14 June 2007

Consortium of 12 universities joins Google Book Search

7 June 2007

979-prefixed ISBNs will appear early next year

4 June 2007

Brazilian researchers get Scopus access

29 May 2007

University of Manchester chooses Talis

29 May 2007

Danish Royal Library picks Ex Libris

29 May 2007

African postgraduate doctors regularly use free online journals

17 May 2007

Wayne State University Libraries implement SUSHI

17 April 2007

Chongqing Library selects Ex Libris system

13 April 2007

The European Library board elects Lynne Brindley as chair

3 April 2007

Digitisation helps preserve printing history

8 March 2007

National Library of New Zealand partners with OCLC

8 March 2007

ALPSP Learned Journals Collection signs Southern European deal

27 February 2007

Pharmaceutical companies plan increasing e-journals emphasis

20 February 2007

SirsiDynix CEO resigns

20 February 2007

Princeton University joins Google's library project

8 February 2007

Germany's researchers gain more archive information

8 February 2007

Public library signs up for Wiley's STM resources

8 February 2007

First French partner joins LOCKSS Alliance

25 January 2007

Partners join Innovative's Encore development

19 January 2007

ebrary and YBP distribute e-books

17 January 2007

Vista acquires SirsiDynix

15 January 2007

Grant helps train developing-world librarians

15 January 2007

ScholarlyStats and Thomson Scientific announce successful SUSHI test

1 September 2006

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