2008 Library news

Partners display original characters

3 November 2008
Chinese, Japanese and Korean texts can all be searched and displayed in their original scripts, thanks to a project by SirsiDynix and Stanford University in the USA.

NetLibrary investigates e-books

15 October 2008
OCLC's eContent division, NetLibrary is looking for participants in a short survey into usage and perceptions of e-books and e-audiobooks.

WorldCat.org links to Google Book Search content

2 October 2008
WorldCat.org users can now view digitised books in the Google Book Search collection, on the WorldCat.org website.

Texan university library picks Millennium

16 September 2008
The James G. Gee Library at Texas A&M University-Commerce has chosen the Millennium integrated library system from Innovative Interfaces.

Murdoch University joins BONUS+

30 August 2008
Murdoch University joins Australian resource-sharing consortium BONUS+

Grant helps UCLA Library catalogue rare books

29 August 2008
The library of UCLA in the USA has received a $750,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to catalogue more than 55,000 rare books.

Wellcome Library seeks digitisation suppliers

20 August 2008
The Wellcome Library is looking for suppliers to help it digitise around 45 million pages of its collection.

Leeds Equity Partners acquires Ex Libris Group

15 August 2008
Private equity firm Leeds Equity Partners completes the acquisition of the Ex Libris Group.

Municipal Library of Lyon joins Google Book Search project

10 August 2008
The Municipal Library of Lyon has become the first library in France to join Google Book Search project.

Bibliotheca expands its operations in the USA

9 August 2008
Bibliotheca RFID has opened a new facility in Huntsville, Alabama

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2008 Archive

Research report investigates public-library funding

20 July 2008

Award helps safeguard UK's research journals

20 July 2008

Academic libraries shape their future through collaboration

13 July 2008

Italian university libraries join Portico

5 July 2008

EBSCO chief strategist elected chair of NISO

4 July 2008

UC Berkeley picks Millennium

3 July 2008

Developing countries get free access to SPIE Digital Library

1 July 2008

NLH goes live with WorldCat Link Manager

27 June 2008

Medical librarian wins award

21 June 2008

Czech maths literature goes digital

16 June 2008

Microsoft abandons book digitisation programme

30 May 2008

ARL publishes preservation statistics

28 May 2008

OCLC and Google sign agreement

22 May 2008

Trinity University selects Innovative

21 May 2008

Ringgold and Ingenta form pioneering partnership

20 May 2008

Call for scholarship applicants

18 May 2008

OULS chooses MetaLib by Ex Libris

13 May 2008

NTUST upgrades library system

5 May 2008

GVSU Libraries selects Millennium

30 April 2008

NDSU chooses Millennium

21 April 2008

The IUA supports digital preservation

18 April 2008

Howell Carnegie District Library selects Millennium

4 April 2008

Indian research institute purchases Century of Science

29 March 2008

Japanese university chooses Century of Science web resource

18 March 2008

Ovid to supply NHS England with online databases

17 March 2008

New web resource for Canadian researchers

14 March 2008

National Library of China adds records to WorldCat

11 March 2008

Ohio Christian University selects Millennium

7 March 2008

University shares portal developments

7 March 2008

Open Science Directory developed

2 March 2008

Elsevier Grant Foundation rewards innovative libraries

22 February 2008

Thomson Scientific seeks applicants for scholarship

22 February 2008

Partnership researches Library 2.0 ideas

10 February 2008

Oxford Journals signs agreement with CALIS

10 February 2008

Columbia University partners with Microsoft to digitise books

8 February 2008

Catalonian consortium selects Millennium library solution

7 February 2008

NetLibrary announces agreements with 21 international publishers

5 February 2008

Swedish Royal Library funds best practices guide

3 February 2008

New virtual directory for NIH

1 February 2008

SMU creates integrated Digital Library

20 January 2008

APA goes digital with University of Akron

19 January 2008

Access agreement for SAGE content

15 January 2008

Librarian acknowledged for innovation, inspiration and leadership

14 January 2008

DFG funds German licence for Nature archive

14 January 2008

Digital library moves to National Center for Atmospheric Research

11 January 2008

Access to SAGE material in Asia

9 January 2008

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