Twelve projects have been approved for the SURFshare programme. The projects aim to promote knowledge dissemination via the internet and contribute to improving the Dutch knowledge infrastructure
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Fund for Indian LIS research announced
Emerald has announced the Indian 2009 Emerald Research Fund in the field of library and information science (LIS) research.
Digital vision must include preservation, argues British Library chief executive
The chief executive of the British Library, Lynne Brindley, has challenged the UK government that it must include preservation in its vision of a 'Digital Britain'
SirsiDynix makes new deals
SirsiDynix has announced several new or returning customers for its integrated library systems
Spain joins SCOAP3
The Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation has expressed its interest in joining SCOAP3, the open-access high-energy physics consortium
US university picks Innovative Interfaces tool for repository harvesting
St. Lawrence University in the USA will use Encore Harvesting Services from Innovative Interfaces to produce a single unified search of its OAI-PMH-compliant collections
Two UK universities choose OCLC to help with online enquiries
Anglia Ruskin University and the University of East London have both picked OCLC's QuestionPoint to provide online enquiry support services to their library users
Project tries out new technology on journal articles
TBI and Talis have picked the European Respiratory Society and the American Thoracic Society for a pilot project to test the application of semantic Web and Web 2.0 technologies to journal articles
Initiative looks at impact of orphan works
The Collections Trust and the Strategic Content Alliance are working together to find out what impact orphan works have on the delivery of services to the public
Ingram makes changes at the top
James Gray, who was president and CEO of Ingram Digital, has been named as chief strategy officer of the Ingram content companies. Mike Lovett replaces him as CEO of Ingram Digital
UK academic network increases capacity
JANET, the UK's education and research network, has increased its capacity from 10Gbit/s to 40Gbit/s