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
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United Nations chooses Publishing Technology's digital publishing platform
Publishing Technology's pub2web platform will be used to build the United Nations eCollection
UNESCO recognises ethnographic recording work
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
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
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
Content services provider Planman Technologies has established a new Digital Library Services division
Open Index Week launches
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
Six projects financed by SURFfoundation have been giving researchers insight into enhancing publications
Wiley announces agreement with JISC Collections
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
The Digital Public Library of America will design its technical structure to promote interoperability with Europeana
950 Elsevier new health titles join Research4Life
Elsevier is contributing an additional 950 electronic books to the Research4Life initiative
Ingram teams up with BoD in Germany
Ingram Content Group has expanded its Global Connect programme through an alliance with Books On Demand