Over the next three months readers at the British Library can try out three e-book readers from Sony and iRex Technologies
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Swets gets new CEO
18 May 2009
Subscription agent Swets has chosen Eduard Cohen to be its new chief executive officer
RSC acquires ChemSpider
14 May 2009
The Royal Society of Chemistry has bought ChemSpider, a free online service providing a structure-centric community for chemists
Bundling print and digital drives textbook sales
12 May 2009
There is a growing demand for e-textbooks, according to a study by John Smith & Son, a UK academic and professional bookselling chain
Grants help libraries and scholars in developing world
11 May 2009
The Elsevier Foundation is seeking new grant proposals for its 2009 Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries and New Scholars programmes
Pfizer signs deal to cover open-access publication costs
11 May 2009
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has signed a membership agreement with BioMed Central to cover publication costs for research articles published by its researchers
Higher e-journal spend linked to better research outcomes
07 May 2009
There is a clear correlation between levels of usage of e-journals and research outcomes, according to studies done by the CIBER group at University College London on behalf of the UK's Research Information Network
Article tools can help pirates
07 May 2009
Online publishers are losing significant revenue and, in many cases, the rights to their material, because of the way they implement 'article tools' on their web pages
More than 1000 researchers now collaborating on Methodspace
30 April 2009
Methodspace, SAGE's free public social network dedicated to the discussion of research methods online, attracted more than 1000 members in its first month
Oxford Journals releases title to preservation services
27 April 2009
Online access to the discontinued journal Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention is being maintained through CLOCKSS and Portico
More US universities back open-access physics initiative
27 April 2009
Five universities and a consortium in the USA plan to re-direct their current high-energy physics journal subscriptions to the SCOAP3 initiative
Publishers try out Espresso Book Machine pilot programme
24 April 2009
Lightning Source has launched an Espresso Book Machine (EBM) title pilot with On Demand Books
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