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Murdoch University joins BONUS+

30 August 2008

Murdoch University joins Australian resource-sharing consortium BONUS+

Max Planck Society strikes OA deal with PLoS

29 August 2008

The Max Planck Society (MPS) has signed a deal with the Public Library of Science (PLoS) to centrally fund the publication fees of MPS scientists

ebrary signs new publishing partners

29 August 2008

ebrary, which provides e-content services and technology, has signed 14 new publishing partners.

Grant helps UCLA Library catalogue rare books

29 August 2008

The library of UCLA in the USA has received a $750,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to catalogue more than 55,000 rare books.

Wellcome Library seeks digitisation suppliers

20 August 2008

The Wellcome Library is looking for suppliers to help it digitise around 45 million pages of its collection.

Leeds Equity Partners acquires Ex Libris Group

15 August 2008

Private equity firm Leeds Equity Partners completes the acquisition of the Ex Libris Group.

Gladstone scientists create Wikipathways

15 August 2008

Gladstone scientists create Wikipathways to foster research collaboration.

NRC-CISTI launches NRC Publications Archive initiative

15 August 2008

NRC-CISTI announces initiative to create an NRC Publications Archive (NPArC).

Emerald opens North American office

14 August 2008

Emerald Group has set up a North American office based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Oxford Journals deposits NIH-funded articles into PubMed Central

12 August 2008

Oxford Journals will deposit NIH-funded articles into PubMed Central.

Open-access articles don't generate more citations, says study

11 August 2008

Study concludes that open-access academic articles get read more often but don't generate more citations.

Municipal Library of Lyon joins Google Book Search project

10 August 2008

The Municipal Library of Lyon has become the first library in France to join Google Book Search project.

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