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Touted as a model of library automation in the Middle East, Cairo University has chosen the so-called Millenium platform, designed by US library systems…

Global library federations urge government intervention as Iraqi librarians and national archives placed at risk from US and Iraq troops

The Council of Australian University Librarians has joined forces with Sage to offer online access to more than 450 of the publisher's journals

Cornell University Library, US, is the newest partner in the Google Book Search Library Project

Following 'soaring' article charges, Yale University Science Libraries drop BioMed Central's open access service while the publisher claims it offers 'excellent value for money'

University librarians see a bright future for electronic books in academia but many challenges including licensing and access issues must be addressed first

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.