Library news

Internet search provider, Google, has added a new feature to its 'Books Search' that allows users to build their own digital libraries

The British Library and the National Archives of Malaysia have chosen UK archiving technology to combat digital preservation problems

A collaboration between the European Association of Research Libraries and the European Digital Repository Research Infrastructure aims to promote open access across Europe

YBP Library Services and Ebrary have teamed up to provide electronic books through YBP's online database

Remote Australian library wins $1 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Microsoft, for providing technology to indigenous communities

The Fraunhofer Society selects Thomson Scientific's research database to help members win grants

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