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US publishers welcome copyright protection

10 February 2009

The Association of American Publishers has welcomed US legislation that aims to safeguard the rights of authors and publishers of copyrighted, peer-reviewed scientific journal articles.

Dutch projects help knowledge dissemination

30 January 2009

Twelve projects have been approved for the SURFshare programme. The projects aim to promote knowledge dissemination via the internet and contribute to improving the Dutch knowledge infrastructure

Fund for Indian LIS research announced

30 January 2009

Emerald has announced the Indian 2009 Emerald Research Fund in the field of library and information science (LIS) research.

Digital vision must include preservation, argues British Library chief executive

21 January 2009

The chief executive of the British Library, Lynne Brindley, has challenged the UK government that it must include preservation in its vision of a 'Digital Britain'

SirsiDynix makes new deals

15 January 2009

SirsiDynix has announced several new or returning customers for its integrated library systems

Spain joins SCOAP3

15 January 2009

The Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation has expressed its interest in joining SCOAP3, the open-access high-energy physics consortium

US university picks Innovative Interfaces tool for repository harvesting

15 January 2009

St. Lawrence University in the USA will use Encore Harvesting Services from Innovative Interfaces to produce a single unified search of its OAI-PMH-compliant collections

Two UK universities choose OCLC to help with online enquiries

15 January 2009

Anglia Ruskin University and the University of East London have both picked OCLC's QuestionPoint to provide online enquiry support services to their library users

Project tries out new technology on journal articles

13 January 2009

TBI and Talis have picked the European Respiratory Society and the American Thoracic Society for a pilot project to test the application of semantic Web and Web 2.0 technologies to journal articles

Initiative looks at impact of orphan works

13 January 2009

The Collections Trust and the Strategic Content Alliance are working together to find out what impact orphan works have on the delivery of services to the public

Ingram makes changes at the top

08 January 2009

James Gray, who was president and CEO of Ingram Digital, has been named as chief strategy officer of the Ingram content companies. Mike Lovett replaces him as CEO of Ingram Digital

Arie Jongejan leaves Swets

08 January 2009

Arie Jongejan, CEO of Swets, has retired.

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