Library news

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.

OCLC has acquired the remaining shares of OCLC PICA Group to become the sole shareholder of the European library and information systems supplier.

The British Library has selected Innodata Isogen as its development partner for its Publisher Digitisation Service.

Stephen Due has been named the 2007 Information Professional of the Year by the SLA Australia/-New Zealand Chapter.