Nature Publishing Group and the University of California have agreed to work together to resolve a stand-off over journal pricing
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IBM and EU expand digitisation collaboration
IBM and the EU have expanded their research collaboration to provide new technology that will enable highly-accurate digitisation of rare and culturally significant historical texts on a massive scale
UK institutions get Cambridge Journals archive
JISC agreement ensures national UK access to Cambridge Journals Archive
Inderscience picks PCG for representation
Inderscience has chosen Publishers Communication Group for sales and marketing representation in Europe and North America
iGroup and De Gruyter sign Asian deal
iGroup will act as De Gruyter's representative for the sale of online journals, databases and ebooks in countries across Asia
DataSalon helps JISC with licence site
JISC Collections is working with DataSalon to create a new licence
comparison site
BL gives free access to bibliographic record collections
The British Library is making its collections of bibliographic records available for free to researchers and other libraries
Helmholtz Association joins Springer's OA scheme
Springer and Helmholtz Association sign agreement for open-access membership
Drake University chooses EBSCO Discovery Service
Drake University and Cowles Library have selected EBSCO Discovery Service to enhance access to scholarly information
Advocate General turns downs EU patent
The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has found flaws in the idea of the Community Patent and a European Patents Court
CRL and law libraries partner for preservation and access
The USA-based Consortium for Research Libraries (CRL) will expand the scope of its preservation activities and make new primary source digital collections available to its libraries through a partnership with the Law Library Microform Consortium (LLMC)
Six librarians chosen for IFLA/OCLC fellowship programme
Six librarians from countries with developing economies have been chosen for the Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Programme for 2011