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New common policy for science journals

20 July 2008

Medical and science journals are urged to adopt a common policy for disclosing financial conflicts of interest.

Research report investigates public-library funding

20 July 2008

OCLC research report identifies factors that drive public library funding support in the USA.

SPARC Europe and DRIVER promote repositories

19 July 2008

SPARC Europe and DRIVER agree to work together to promote repositories.

GWLA joins SCOAP3

18 July 2008

GWLA, the Great Western Library Alliance, has joined SCOAP3 on behalf of 18 of its members.

Collexis and JISC launch new online resource

18 July 2008

Collexis Holdings and JISC Collections widen access to essential biomedical research in the UK with new online resource.

INIST launches OpenSIGLE database

16 July 2008

The French Institute for Scientific and Technical Information launches online database OpenSIGLE.

Call for OA publication funds to be more accessible

15 July 2008

Biosciences Federation calls for OA publication funds to be more accessible.

NISO/ALPSP committee releases best practices publication

15 July 2008

The NISO in partnership with the ALPSP has published best practices for journal article versions.

Emerald encourages recycling of past publications

14 July 2008

Emerald collaborates with academic institutions to donate research literature to emerging economies.

PRISM Cookbook released

14 July 2008

PRISM announces the availability of the new PRISM Cookbook for Profile 1 (XML) Implementers.

Boston Ventures buys Oakstone Publishing

14 July 2008

Boston Ventures has acquired Oakstone Publishing from Haights Cross Communications.

European Research Infrastructures portal launched

14 July 2008

The EC and the ESF launch the first web portal on European Research Infrastructures.

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