News

Open access could save money in the Netherlands

15 June 2009

Open-access publication could save the Netherlands up to 133 million euros, according to new research from Australian economist John Houghton

AIP partners with CLOCKSS

15 June 2009

Online versions of all AIP's journals will soon reside in the dark archive, CLOCKSS

AIP signs up to TRANSFER Code of Practice

15 June 2009

The American Institute of Physics has signed up to guidelines that help ensure that journal content remains easily accessible when journals transfer between parties

Copyright law prevents access to millions of 'orphan works'

15 June 2009

Millions of "orphan works" cannot be accessed online because their rights holders cannot be found

US student bodies call for open access

15 June 2009

Student associations in the USA are calling on universities, research funders, and researchers to support open access to research

Wolters Kluwer Health preserves e-journals in Portico

12 June 2009

Wolters Kluwer Health will preserve more than 300 periodicals in Portico

Library study examines resource changes in challenging economy

08 June 2009

The CIBER research group will conduct a global library survey to understand electronic resources challenges, trends, and best practices in tough economical times

Green open-access study publishes guidelines

05 June 2009

A Europe-wide project to investigate the effects of large-scale deposit ('green open access') has published guidelines for publishers and repository managers

Walter de Gruyter preserves e-books with Portico

04 June 2009

Walter de Gruyter is preserving approximately 1,200 e-book titles with Portico

Springer donates archive to Central and Regional Library Berlin

26 May 2009

The historical archive of the scientific publishing house Springer will soon be kept by Berlin's Central and Regional Library

Readers can test e-readers at British Library

19 May 2009

Over the next three months readers at the British Library can try out three e-book readers from Sony and iRex Technologies

Swets gets new CEO

18 May 2009

Subscription agent Swets has chosen Eduard Cohen to be its new chief executive officer

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