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Study shows open-access support

21 December 2010

Final SOAP results, which will be presented on 13 January, show widespread researcher support for open-access publication

Germany and UK work together on First World War archive

16 December 2010

The German National Library, Oxford University and Europeana will digitise family papers and memorabilia from the First World War

Jönköping University buys SAGE Research Methods Online

16 December 2010

Jönköping University, Sweden, signs six-year purchase of SAGE Research Methods Online

Springer announces API challenge

16 December 2010

Springer has announced a competition for original, non-commercial applications using Springer metadata and content APIs

Springer provides e-book and book services to Atlantis Press

13 December 2010

French scientific publishing house transfers production, marketing and distribution for its portfolio of books to Springer

Research Libraries UK calls for cuts in big deal prices

04 December 2010

Research Libraries UK has said it will not support future journal big deals unless they show real price reductions

SkyRiver joins Library of Congress cooperative cataloguing

18 November 2010

SkyRiver is now an active NACO node within the Library of Congress Program for Cooperative Cataloging

Increased Google access doubles CAB Direct usage

18 November 2010

Usage of CAB Direct platform more than doubles after Semantico increases Google access

NPG experiments look at community research practice

18 November 2010

Two new experiments aim to help to improve best practices for pre-publication data sharing and drafting of community standards in the genomics research community

Elsevier joins CrossRef Cited-by Linking

17 November 2010

Elsevier has joined CrossRef's Cited-by Linking Service, which allows CrossRef member publishers to display links on an article page to other articles that cite that particular document

Portico preserves CrossRef metadata

17 November 2010

CrossRef's bibliographic and reference metadata will be preserved in the Portico archive

AirPAC for smartphones now in 70 libraries

17 November 2010

More than 70 libraries around the world are now using AirPAC for Smartphones from Innovative Interfaces to extend their service to mobile devices

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