Access to SAGE material in Asia
SAGE announces several new consortia agreements across Asia for 2008.
Library news
Columbia University joins GoogleBook Search
Columbia University has become the 27th library to join with Google Book Search to digitise works from its collections.
OCLC plans cataloguing and metadata pilot
OCLC will explore the viability and efficiency of capturing metadata from publishers and vendors upstream and enhancing that metadata in WorldCat.
Libraries chase digital dream
As the race to place the UK's library catalogues online gathers momentum, several hurdles could slow progress reports Rebecca Pool
Commissioner welcomes European Digital Library Foundation
The Information Society and Media Commissioner has praised the new The European Digital Library project.
Users don’t expect social networking from libraries
A new study from OCLC reveals that just 13 per cent of the public feels it is the role of the library to create…
Yale and Microsoft partner on digitisation project
Thousands of rare books from Yale University's Library will be available online thanks to a deal between Yale University and Microsoft.
UK researchers get extended access to ScienceDirect
The UK's National e-Journals Initiative 2 (NESLi2) has signed a four-year licence for Elsevier's ScienceDirect.
Missouri library group signs up with Thieme
Thieme Publishing Group has signed an agreement with the Missouri Library Network Corporation.
SAGE partners with WALDO
The Westchester Academic Library Directors Organization has signed an agreement for access to SAGE's online journals.
OCLC and OCLC PICA form single brand
OCLC is uniting all offices under one name and visual brand identity. OCLC PICA is now known as OCLC.
Google gets personal with libraries
Internet search provider, Google, has added a new feature to its 'Books Search' that allows users to build their own digital libraries