Library news

The BBC and British Library are working together to make the content and assets of both organisations more widely available

Dawson Books has been chosen as international book supplier to the University of Copenhagen and The Royal Library, Copenhagen

The Michigan Library Consortium will offer SkyRiver's bibliographic utility services to its member libraries

Scotland's APUC (Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges) Limited has selected Coutts and MyiLibrary together as one of three suppliers of e-books

Dawson Books has announced a series of recent tender awards in Norway and Sweden

Nine million records from French academic libraries will be added into WorldCat

US government report indicates students learning online have on average performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.

The US Special Libraries Association and partners have formed the Open Books Alliance, which hopes to resolve issues of copyright, access, anti-trust and privacy

US-based Online Computer Library Centre announces four European contracts that will extend the coverage of online library catalogue, WorldCat

Turkey's Bilkent University is the nation's first academic university to adopt integrated library system, SirsiDynix Symphony

US-based Portico clinches a digital preservation deal with the University of Technology Sydney Library, Australia, to preserve its 11 electronic journals

The Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development has pledged Euro 120,000 to support the homeless collections of the Beichuan library