Assessors in the UK's latest Research Assessment Exercise have had fee-waived access to 150,000 journal articles, thanks to a deal agreed with the Publishers Licensing Society.
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Iraq librarian honoured
10 December 2008
CILIP has given an honorary fellowship to Saad Eskander, the director-general of the Iraq National Library and Archive.
Partnership helps reveal rights
08 December 2008
A new partnership between Copyright Clearance Center and Reprints Desk aims to help corporations get the most value from their investments in content
RSC teams up with ChemSpider on InChI Resolver
01 December 2008
ChemZoo and the Royal Society of Chemistry are working together to help scientists share chemical structures and data.
BioFlorida picks BiomedExperts.com
01 December 2008
BioFlorida picks Collexis' BiomedExperts.com as the primary professional network for its 200 member companies and organisations
Canadian libraries chose WorldCat Local
01 December 2008
Libraries in Nova Scotia and the University of New Brunswick will use OCLC's WorldCat Local service
Israel joins SCOAP3
21 November 2008
The Israeli Science Foundation and the Israeli Committee for High Energy
Physics have joined SCOAP3 on behalf of Israel.
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.
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.
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