The National Library for Health (NLH) implements an OpenURL link resolver service for NHS library holdings using OCLC’s WorldCat Link Manager.
Medical librarian, Jan Weaver, is named the 2008 Information Professional of the Year by the SLA Australia and New Zealand Chapter.
The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic has released a beta-version of The Czech Digital Mathematics Library.
Microsoft is stopping its Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects and winding down its book-digitisation initiatives.
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published statistics about preservation efforts in 2005-06.
OCLC and Google sign agreement to exchange data that will facilitate the discovery of library collections through Google search services.
Trinity University's Elizabeth Huth Coates Library selects Innovative for its digital library service.
Ingenta makes agreement with Ringgold to centralise institutional authentication data.
Thomson Reuters seeks scholarship applicants from Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa.
MetaLib plays a critical part in Oxford University Library Services e-resource strategy.
Wayne Sime discusses his hopes for the future of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
From bypassing aggregators to the influx of new university presses, the world of library-based publishing is changing fast, reports Rebecca Pool
Vivek Mehra explains how the English language is dominating global communication and changing school structure
Chris Smith
Chris Smith explains why they matter, and how publishers and universities can benefit
Rossana Morriello
Rossana Morriello assesses the ways in which librarians are supporting research in Italy
Nandita Quaderi – editor-in-chief of the Web of Science – champions objectivity, selectivity, and data integrity
This article was jointly written by Andrea Chiarelli (pictured), Juliane Kant and Birgit Schmidt on behalf of Knowledge Exchange. Andrea Chiarelli is a consultant at Research Consulting. Juliane Kant is partner representative for the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) in Knowledge Exchange. Birgit Schmidt is head of knowledge commons at Göttingen State and University Library.
Active engagement and collaboration are needed to deliver the promise of preprints, writes Andrea Chiarelli
