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Copyright Clearance Center announces new CTO
Copyright Clearance Center has named Haralambos "Babis" Marmanis as its chief technology officer and vice president, engineering
Digital Science invests in Toronto-based startup
Digital Science has invested in 1DegreeBio, which helps scientists discover and select biological reagents more efficiently
ALPSP announces new chief executive
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers has appointed Sarah Durrant as its new chief executive
Wilkes University selects Innovative products
Wilkes University in the USA has selected the Millennium ILS, the Encore discovery application, AirPAC for Smartphones, and WebBridge LR link resolver from Innovative Interfaces
German public supports World War I project
Hundreds of participants of all ages have contributed a great variety of personal memorabilia from World War I to the online "First World War in everyday documents" project
Programme brings open access to Africa
BioMed Central is working on set of initiatives to encourage African researchers to publish their work in open-access journals
ACAP specifications handed over to standards body
The latest version of the Automated Content Access Protocol has been released and responsibility for managing the specifications has been handed over to IPTC (International Press and Telecommunications Council)
Customer insight framework gets publisher backing
Several major scholarly publishers are backing a new model to help them understand and handle customer data better
Tilburg University selects OCLC
Tilburg University has chosen OCLC Web-scale Management Services and WorldCat Local for its library management and discovery
KBART recommendations endorsed by eight more publishers
Another eight publishers are now able to supply metadata that conforms to the KBART recommended practice
Research shows open-access growth
The volume of peer-reviewed research articles published under an open-access model has grown at a much faster rate than the total annual volume of all peer-reviewed research articles, according to a study published in the PLoS ONE