University librarians see a bright future for electronic books in academia but many challenges including licensing and access issues must be addressed first
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Exalead joins ACAP pilot project
French search software provider, Exalead, joins the Automated Content Access Protocol Pilot project with a view to validating the initiative
Knovel enters into agreement with JISC Collections
Knovel and JISC Collections join forces to provide science and technology resources to UK universities and colleges
Brill to launch online archive with Ingenta
Brill has selected "IngentaConnect" to host its 50,000 article back-file in a bid to give academics the opportunity to search for a broader range of content
Scientific publishing stagnates in the US
US sees a decay in the number of scientific papers published while the rest of the world increases its article count
New foundation supports DSpace users
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.
Ovid and OUP expand e-books partnership
Ovid Technologies will provide over 300 OUP medical and health science e-books, including over 80 new titles, for subscription and purchase on the Books@Ovid platform.
First Japanese library joins Google's digitisation programme
Keio University in Japan will partner with Google Book Search Library Project to digitise its library collection.
Springer to acquire Spektrum Akademischer Verlag
Springer Science+Business Media will buy German scientific publisher Spektrum Akademischer Verlag from Elsevier.
NIH chooses Collexis knowledge platform
Collexis has signed an enterprise licence agreement and ongoing engagement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
SAGE and Hammill partner on special education journals
SAGE will act as the Hammill Institute on Disabilities' representative regarding subscriptions, licensing, production, advertising, and online dissemination for the nonprofit organisation's 14 special education journals.
Microsoft adds support to developing-world access initiatives
Three programmes that provide free, or almost free, access to online peer-reviewed journals for researchers in more than 100 of the world's poorest countries have been officially extended to 2015.