First French partner joins LOCKSS Alliance
25 January 2007
The Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (INIST) of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) has become the first French member of the LOCKSS Alliance.
Library news
Partners join Innovative's Encore development
19 January 2007
Innovative Interfaces has signed up four new development partners for its Encore platform.
ebrary and YBP distribute e-books
17 January 2007
Provider of e-content services, ebrary, has partnered with YBP Library Services, which provide materials to the academic library community.
Vista acquires SirsiDynix
15 January 2007
A private equity firm has bought library-management-system giant SirsiDynix. The buyer, Vista Equity Partners, focuses solely on investing in software and technology-enabled businesses.
Grant helps train developing-world librarians
15 January 2007
Elsevier has given the Medical Library Association (MLA) a grant of $80,000 to train librarians in the African, Asian, and Latin American continents.
ScholarlyStats and Thomson Scientific announce successful SUSHI test
1 September 2006
MPS Technologies and Thomson Scientific have successfully completed the transfer of data between their two systems, using the SUSHI (Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative) protocol.
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