Touted as a model of library automation in the Middle East, Cairo University has chosen the so-called Millenium platform, designed by US library systems provider Innovative, to boost operations.
Global library federations urge government intervention as Iraqi librarians and national archives placed at risk from US and Iraq troops
The Council of Australian University Librarians has joined forces with Sage to offer online access to more than 450 of the publisher's journals
Cornell University Library, US, is the newest partner in the Google Book Search Library Project
Following 'soaring' article charges, Yale University Science Libraries drop BioMed Central's open access service while the publisher claims it offers 'excellent value for money'
University librarians see a bright future for electronic books in academia but many challenges including licensing and access issues must be addressed first
Knovel and JISC Collections join forces to provide science and technology resources to UK universities and colleges
HP and the MIT Libraries have formed a non-profit organisation that will support the growing community of institutions that use the open-source DSpace software.
Collexis has signed an enterprise licence agreement and ongoing engagement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Keio University in Japan will partner with Google Book Search Library Project to digitise its library collection.
Interviews for this article have been adapted from recent PhaidraCon roundtable events and from upcoming 2023 editions of EpistemiCast
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