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South Africa gets OCLC's WorldCat Local

01 November 2011

WorldCat Local, OCLC's discovery service, will serve as a single point of access and delivery of electronic, print and digital resources to the National Library of South Africa and 15 academic institutions

United Nations chooses Publishing Technology's digital publishing platform

24 October 2011

Publishing Technology's pub2web platform will be used to build the United Nations eCollection

UNESCO recognises ethnographic recording work

24 October 2011

UNESCO has recognised The British Library's Historic Ethnographic Recordings as a collection of global significance and outstanding universal value

Lay summaries could help public understand health research

24 October 2011

Publishing a lay summary alongside every research article could be the answer to assisting in the wider understanding of health-related information, according to the findings of a new citizen science project

Ingram provides content in Singapore

24 October 2011

The National Library Board Singapore has selected Coutts to provide content and materials to its network of 24 Public Libraries and the National Library Singapore

Planman Technologies launches Digital Library Services division

24 October 2011

Content services provider Planman Technologies has established a new Digital Library Services division

Open Index Week launches

24 October 2011

Knowledge for All will host the first Open Index Week, which will be from 24 to 28 October, alongside the international open-access week

Projects delve into enhanced publication

24 October 2011

Six projects financed by SURFfoundation have been giving researchers insight into enhancing publications

Wiley announces agreement with JISC Collections

24 October 2011

Wiley-Blackwell and JISC Collections have announced a three-year NESLi2 agreement for the higher education and further education communities in the UK

Major digital library networks work towards interoperability

24 October 2011

The Digital Public Library of America will design its technical structure to promote interoperability with Europeana

950 Elsevier new health titles join Research4Life

12 October 2011

Elsevier is contributing an additional 950 electronic books to the Research4Life initiative

Ingram teams up with BoD in Germany

12 October 2011

Ingram Content Group has expanded its Global Connect programme through an alliance with Books On Demand

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