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Project studies mobile digital publishing in education

20 April 2010

A three-year research project will look into transforming education through digital publishing and mobile devices

US congress introduces Federal Research Public Access Act

19 April 2010

The Federal Research Public Access Act of 2010 (FRPAA) has been introduced in the US House of Representatives

OUP announces new head of academic publishing

16 April 2010

Oxford University Press restructures academic and research publishing

Germany agrees archive licence with ASCO

16 April 2010

Journal of Clinical Oncology legacy content is now available to universities, libraries and research institutions in Germany

The Czech Republic joins SCOAP3

16 April 2010

The Czech National Technical Library has joined SCOAP3 on behalf of the Czech Republic

China signs up to SAGE backfiles

15 April 2010

SAGE and the National Library of China agree a deal for access to SAGE's backfile collection

EBSCO buys NetLibrary

18 March 2010

EBSCO is buying the OCLC NetLibrary Division, as well as the rights to license some vendor-owned databases currently available through the OCLC FirstSearch service

Libraries expect e-book growth

18 March 2010

Librarians expect significant growth in e-book acquisitions, according to HighWire's recent 'eBooks Librarian Survey'

AIP opens Chinese office

15 March 2010

The American Institute of Physics is opening an office in Beijing

Germany agrees national e-book licence with Springer

15 March 2010

The German National Library of Science and Technology and the German National Library of Medicine have signed an extensive agreement for access to Springer eBooks

SPARC guide explores OA funds

15 March 2010

SPARC has released a guide and supporting web resource exploring campus-based open-access publishing funds

Bloomberg and Wiley strike book publishing alliance

12 March 2010

Wiley will be the exclusive global publisher of Bloomberg and Bloomberg BusinessWeek-branded books

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