EBSCO is buying the OCLC NetLibrary Division, as well as the rights to license some vendor-owned databases currently available through the OCLC FirstSearch service
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Libraries expect e-book growth
18 March 2010
Librarians expect significant growth in e-book acquisitions, according to HighWire's recent 'eBooks Librarian Survey'
AIP opens Chinese office
15 March 2010
The American Institute of Physics is opening an office in Beijing
Germany agrees national e-book licence with Springer
15 March 2010
The German National Library of Science and Technology and the German National Library of Medicine have signed an extensive agreement for access to Springer eBooks
SPARC guide explores OA funds
15 March 2010
SPARC has released a guide and supporting web resource exploring campus-based open-access publishing funds
Bloomberg and Wiley strike book publishing alliance
12 March 2010
Wiley will be the exclusive global publisher of Bloomberg and Bloomberg BusinessWeek-branded books
Austrian government invests in digital archiving
12 March 2010
The Austrian Federal Chancellery is investing 4.58 million euros in a cross-government digital archiving solution
Google is important to Chinese scientists, says study
25 February 2010
More than three-quarters of Chinese scientists use Google as the primary search engine for their research
Study examines how libraries help doctoral students
24 February 2010
A collaborative study between the libraries at Cornell University and Columbia University aims to discover if the library can help doctoral students in the humanities finish their degrees
British Library partners with Amazon on book project
24 February 2010
A deal between the British Library and Amazon will make 65,000 largely out-of-print 19th century titles available on Amazon via print-on-demand or as free downloads on Kindle
Project captures voices of science
23 February 2010
The British Library is launching an electronic collection giving an oral history of British science
Royal Holloway sets open-access mandate
19 February 2010
Researchers at Royal Holloway, University of London will soon be required to deposit copies of their research in the college's open-access repository
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