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UK academic network increases capacity
JANET, the UK's education and research network, has increased its capacity from 10Gbit/s to 40Gbit/s
Canada moves towards electronic-only journal collection
The National Research Council Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information is moving towards an electronic-only journal collection.
Free service collects tables of content
A new free service makes it easier to keep up-to-date with scholarly journals
Swiss metadata hub picks OCLC's discovery tool
OCLC will implement a 'Library 2.0' meta-catalogue of Swiss university libraries and the Swiss National Library.
Google Book Search adds magazines
Google plans to help bring more magazine archives and current magazines online as part of its Google Book Search project.
Deal streamlines article access for research assessors
Assessors in the UK's latest Research Assessment Exercise have had fee-waived access to 150,000 journal articles, thanks to a deal agreed with the Publishers Licensing Society.
Iraq librarian honoured
CILIP has given an honorary fellowship to Saad Eskander, the director-general of the Iraq National Library and Archive.
Partnership helps reveal rights
A new partnership between Copyright Clearance Center and Reprints Desk aims to help corporations get the most value from their investments in content
RSC teams up with ChemSpider on InChI Resolver
ChemZoo and the Royal Society of Chemistry are working together to help scientists share chemical structures and data.
BioFlorida picks BiomedExperts.com
BioFlorida picks Collexis' BiomedExperts.com as the primary professional network for its 200 member companies and organisations