Technology provider for online publishing, Semantico, has added the Shibboleth protocol to Brill's access management system.
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UN offers free journal access to poorest nations
New UN scheme allows free academic journal access to research institutions in the world's poorest nations
Ethical digitisation business opens European office
US-based Digital Divide Data opens European office to boost employment of disadvantaged youngsters in Asia
AIP and Collexis join forces to exploit search and discovery software
American Institute of Physics selects Collexis as a 'key technology partner' and says new products will follow soon
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology picks Millennium
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia has selected the Millennium ILS to support its library
Warwick repository adds 1000th item
A JISC-funded repository based at Warwick University in the UK has uploaded its 1000th item, just under a year after its launch
Digital resources need ongoing development, says study
Although many projects in the not-for-profit sector attempt to generate some revenue through subscription, pay-per-view and a range of licensing arrangements, their income still depends heavily on support from the institutions that host them
New trust helps chemical structure searches
The InChI Trust is launching this week with the aim of expanding and developing the InChI open-source chemical structure representation algorithm
SURF recommends liberal licence for material reuse
The Netherlands' SURFdirect and Creative Commons Netherlands recommend the most liberal Creative Commons licence for reuse of material in the context of education and research
WorldCat Mobile pilot extended to Europe
OCLC's WorldCat Mobile pilot has been extended to Europe. This programme makes collections from libraries visible through mobile devices
Developing countries' research output shows big increase
There has been a dramatic rise in research output by scientists in the developing world since 2002, according to the partners of Research4Life
Lyrasis consortium signs up to SAGE's e-journals
SAGE's entire electronic journal and reference portfolio is now available to members of Lyrasis