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OAIster records join WorldCat.org
The University of Michigan and OCLC have added the OAIster database to WorldCat.org
Royal Society of Chemistry and Royal Society joins CLOCKSS
The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Society have signed agreements to join CLOCKSS and preserve their materials in the CLOCKSS network of geographically- and geopolitically-distributed archive nodes
Atypon signs two new publishers
The American Economic Association and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health will use Atypon Premium software to power their new publishing websites
Michigan Library Consortium partners with SkyRiver
The Michigan Library Consortium will offer SkyRiver's bibliographic utility services to its member libraries
SpringerWienNewYork and Versita strengthen partnership in Central Europe
SpringerWienNewYork and Versita are working together to distribute, market, and sell STM journals from Central European societies and other institutions
US grants support digitisation
The US Department of Education has awarded more than $2 million in grant funds for international digitisation projects
Student support grows for open access
The student Right to Research Coalition now represents more than five million students in the USA and around the world
Coutts supplies e-books to Scottish academic libraries
Scotland's APUC (Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges) Limited has selected Coutts and MyiLibrary together as one of three suppliers of e-books
Dawson Books picks up Scandinavian contracts
Dawson Books has announced a series of recent tender awards in Norway and Sweden
Academic publisher and sporting body strike deal
Multi-Science Publishing and the Professional Golfers Association have agreed a licence that will give the association's members unrestricted online access to several peer-reviewed sports titles
De Gruyter and Versita cooperate on Eastern Europe
Academic publishers cooperate in the publication and sales of journals from Eastern Europe and books from Eastern and Central Europe