Project tackles metadata mess
15 January 2008
Nadya Anscombe reports on a pilot project that hopes to unite the different metadata systems used by publishers and libraries
Publisher De Gruyter describes a digital transformation of its business
Library news
Access agreement for SAGE content
15 January 2008
SAGE signs major nationwide licensing agreement for German academic sector.
Librarian acknowledged for innovation, inspiration and leadership
14 January 2008
Thomson Scientific awards the 2008 Quantum2 InfoStar Award to Ohio librarian Brian Gray
DFG funds German licence for Nature archive
14 January 2008
Universities and institutions in Germany now have access to the complete Nature archive from 1869-2007 following a national licence agreement
Digital library moves to National Center for Atmospheric Research
11 January 2008
Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) moves to National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado.
Access to SAGE material in Asia
9 January 2008
SAGE announces several new consortia agreements across Asia for 2008.
OCLC plans cataloguing and metadata pilot
17 December 2007
OCLC will explore the viability and efficiency of capturing metadata from publishers and vendors upstream and enhancing that metadata in WorldCat.
Columbia University joins GoogleBook Search
17 December 2007
Columbia University has become the 27th library to join with Google Book Search to digitise works from its collections.
Libraries chase digital dream
13 December 2007
As the race to place the UK's library catalogues online gathers momentum, several hurdles could slow progress reports Rebecca Pool
Commissioner welcomes European Digital Library Foundation
29 November 2007
The Information Society and Media Commissioner has praised the new The European Digital Library project.
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Eighteen months into the pandemic, Rebecca Pool asks: do libraries face an exclusively digital future?
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Ben Kaube (left) and Andrew Preston
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Kim Eggleton on how using anonymity can create more diverse, equitable, and inclusive peer review
Hannah Heckner
When it comes to platforms and the shifting OA landscape there's no one-size-fits-all solution, writes Hannah Heckner
Nick Newcomer
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the forefront of every conversation in higher education and academia, writes Nick Newcomer
Nicola Jones
The time for action is now, write Nicola Jones and Nick Campbell
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Hilde van Zeeland and Juan Castro describe how natural language processing is changing the game
