NIH chooses Collexis knowledge platform
16 July 2007
Collexis has signed an enterprise licence agreement and ongoing engagement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Library news
First Japanese library joins Google's digitisation programme
16 July 2007
Keio University in Japan will partner with Google Book Search Library Project to digitise its library collection.
E-book strategies confuse users
3 July 2007
E-books are becoming important parts of many publishers' plans but librarians and users are confused about how to buy them, according to a new survey. Nadya Anscombe reports
OCLC acquires remaining shares of OCLC PICA
3 July 2007
OCLC has acquired the remaining shares of OCLC PICA Group to become the sole shareholder of the European library and information systems supplier.
British Library picks Innodata Isogen for publisher digitisation
28 June 2007
The British Library has selected Innodata Isogen as its development partner for its Publisher Digitisation Service.
Australian health librarian picks up SLA award
25 June 2007
Stephen Due has been named the 2007 Information Professional of the Year by the SLA Australia/-New Zealand Chapter.
Thomson looks for scholarship recipient
19 June 2007
Thomson Scientific is seeking applicants from Europe, the
Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Africa for its annual Roger K. Summit International Scholarship.
Two libraries switch to Innovative
19 June 2007
Innovative Interfaces has announced two new customers for its Millennium integrated library management system.
Eighteen Asian universities have chosen Scopus so far this year
14 June 2007
In the first quarter of 2007, 18 Asian institutions chose Scopus as the preferred database for their university library.
Consortium of 12 universities joins Google Book Search
7 June 2007
The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) has announced a collective agreement to digitise up to 10 million volumes as part of the Google Book Search project.
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