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High growth expected in e-books

21 November 2008

Three-quarters of academic libraries and half of public libraries in the UK intend to increase their collections of e-books over the next year, according to a NetLibrary survey.

Europe's digital library launches

20 November 2008

Europeana is now online and open to the public.

More high-energy physics journals opt for OA model

20 November 2008

Europhysics Letters (EPL) will offer the open-access publishing model, free of charge, to all authors submitting experimental and theoretical letters in the fields of 'Physics of Elementary Particles and Fields' and 'Nuclear Physics'.

Booklet helps research library decisions

20 November 2008

A new guidance booklet for vice-chancellors and senior institutional managers should help to ensure that libraries keep pace with researchers' needs.

Libraries in Kansas install Encore from Innovative

19 November 2008

Innovative Interfaces recently installed its Encore discovery services platform at Associated Topeka Libraries Automated System (ATLAS) in the USA.

Atypon launches platform for American Chemical Society

19 November 2008

Atypon Systems has launched an online publishing and content delivery site for the American Chemical Society's online journals.

Partners display original characters

03 November 2008

Chinese, Japanese and Korean texts can all be searched and displayed in their original scripts, thanks to a project by SirsiDynix and Stanford University in the USA.

Authors, publishers and Google agree on copyright

03 November 2008

A new agreement will see many more digitised books available through Google Book Search and new ways to ensure that copyright owners are paid for this access.

Science community plans global data library

27 October 2008

The international science community has agreed on the first steps to establishing a global virtual library for scientific data.

Consumers drive book digitisation, says survey

16 October 2008

Book digitisation is being driven by consumers, online retailers and search engines, according to a survey by Frankfurt Book Fair.

Cambridge University Press picks Rightslink

16 October 2008

Cambridge Journals has chosen Copyright Clearance Center's Rightslink to help its readers obtain copyright permissions to share and distribute published materials directly from content pages online.

Canada, Australia and New Zealand plan book coalition

16 October 2008

Publishers from Canada, Australia and New Zealand will pursue closer cooperation between their three English-language markets.

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