Keio University in Japan will partner with Google Book Search Library Project to digitise its library collection.
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Springer to acquire Spektrum Akademischer Verlag
Springer Science+Business Media will buy German scientific publisher Spektrum Akademischer Verlag from Elsevier.
NIH chooses Collexis knowledge platform
Collexis has signed an enterprise licence agreement and ongoing engagement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
SAGE and Hammill partner on special education journals
SAGE will act as the Hammill Institute on Disabilities' representative regarding subscriptions, licensing, production, advertising, and online dissemination for the nonprofit organisation's 14 special education journals.
Microsoft adds support to developing-world access initiatives
Three programmes that provide free, or almost free, access to online peer-reviewed journals for researchers in more than 100 of the world's poorest countries have been officially extended to 2015.
Accucoms expands its business in Latin America
Accucoms has launched a sales representation service for publishers wishing to increase their sales in Latin America.
Wiley extends partnership with AIChE
Wiley and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) have renewed and extended their agreement for publication of the Institute's flagship journals.
OCLC acquires remaining shares of OCLC PICA
OCLC has acquired the remaining shares of OCLC PICA Group to become the sole shareholder of the European library and information systems supplier.
HHMI announces new access policy for research articles
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute will require its original research articles to be made freely accessible in a public repository within six months of publication.
British Library picks Innodata Isogen for publisher digitisation
The British Library has selected Innodata Isogen as its development partner for its Publisher Digitisation Service.
Global Science Gateway opens
An online global gateway to science information from 15 national portals has now been opened.
Emerald acquires information and computing titles
Emerald has acquired four journals from Troubador Publishing.