Library news

Knovel and JISC Collections join forces to provide science and technology resources to UK universities and colleges

HP and the MIT Libraries have formed a non-profit organisation that will support the growing community of institutions that use the open-source DSpace software.

Keio University in Japan will partner with Google Book Search Library Project to digitise its library collection.

Collexis has signed an enterprise licence agreement and ongoing engagement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

OCLC has acquired the remaining shares of OCLC PICA Group to become the sole shareholder of the European library and information systems supplier.

The British Library has selected Innodata Isogen as its development partner for its Publisher Digitisation Service.

Stephen Due has been named the 2007 Information Professional of the Year by the SLA Australia/-New Zealand Chapter.

Innovative Interfaces has announced two new customers for its Millennium integrated library management system.

Thomson Scientific is seeking applicants from Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Africa for its annual Roger K. Summit International Scholarship.

In the first quarter of 2007, 18 Asian institutions chose Scopus as the preferred database for their university library.

The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) has announced a collective agreement to digitise up to 10 million volumes as part of the Google Book…