NIH chooses Collexis knowledge platform
Collexis has signed an enterprise licence agreement and ongoing engagement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Library news
E-book strategies confuse users
E-books are becoming important parts of many publishers' plans but librarians and users are confused about how to buy them, according to a new…
OCLC acquires remaining shares of OCLC PICA
OCLC has acquired the remaining shares of OCLC PICA Group to become the sole shareholder of the European library and information systems supplier.
British Library picks Innodata Isogen for publisher digitisation
The British Library has selected Innodata Isogen as its development partner for its Publisher Digitisation Service.
Australian health librarian picks up SLA award
Stephen Due has been named the 2007 Information Professional of the Year by the SLA Australia/-New Zealand Chapter.
Two libraries switch to Innovative
Innovative Interfaces has announced two new customers for its Millennium integrated library management system.
Thomson looks for scholarship recipient
Thomson Scientific is seeking applicants from Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Africa for its annual Roger K. Summit International Scholarship.
Eighteen Asian universities have chosen Scopus so far this year
In the first quarter of 2007, 18 Asian institutions chose Scopus as the preferred database for their university library.
Consortium of 12 universities joins Google Book Search
The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) has announced a collective agreement to digitise up to 10 million volumes as part of the Google Book…
979-prefixed ISBNs will appear early next year
Book and library systems must be ready for 13-digit ISBNs by early next year, when ISBNs with a prefix of 979 start to be…
Danish Royal Library picks Ex Libris
The Royal Library of Denmark has chosen Ex Libris' Primo discovery and delivery product as the interface to all local and remote scholarly information…
University of Manchester chooses Talis
The University of Manchester has used Talis Keystone to integrate its library services within its campus uPortal.