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Mayo Clinic teams with Collexis to uncover database secrets
US software developer, Collexis, is to pilot its semantic profiling system with Mayo Clinic Libraries, US, in a bid to mine hidden knowledge from existing databases
European libraries drive digital repositories forward
A collaboration between the European Association of Research Libraries and the European Digital Repository Research Infrastructure aims to promote open access across Europe
International archives select UK preservation technology
The British Library and the National Archives of Malaysia have chosen UK archiving technology to combat digital preservation problems
Canada Institutes champion open access
A new policy from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research aims to promote public access to its funded research
YBP Library Services and Ebrary seal 'eBook' deal
YBP Library Services and Ebrary have teamed up to provide electronic books through YBP's online database
Australian library bags cash from Bill Gates
Remote Australian library wins $1 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Microsoft, for providing technology to indigenous communities
EBSCO buys Sage indexes
EBSCO Publishing has bought ten social science print indexes from Sage with a view to publishing online
Open access community condemns PRISM
Open access proponents launch scathing attack on the Partnership for Research Integrity in Science and Medicine, describing it as an 'anti-open access lobbying organisation'
Eli Research bags multi-million dollar investment
BIA Digital Partners invests $10m in Eli Research to boost strategic growth
US coalition defends 'publishing integrity'
New initiative warns public against the risks of government interference to scientific publishing
'Record reference numbers reflect research growth'
The American Chemical Society claims chemistry research is thriving as its Abstracts Service logs a record number of references