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JISC awards funding for digitisation projects

02 October 2008

The UK's JISC funding body will fund 25 projects that aim to improve existing digital content and digitise new materials for sustainable access in the future.

Study explores 'noncommercial use'

25 September 2008

Creative Commons has launched a study into 'noncommercial use' of content

Bloomsbury buys Berg Publishers

25 September 2008

Bloomsbury Publishing is buying the academic publishing company Berg Publishers

More partners join SCOAP3

23 September 2008

The SCOAP3 consortium, which is pushing for open access to published high-energy physics research, has announced new partners.

Society for General Microbiology renews Charlesworth's contract

23 September 2008

The Charlesworth Group has retained its contract for he typesetting and manufacturing of all Society for General Microbiology (SGM) journals.

EMpact helps Royal Society in Korea

19 September 2008

The Royal Society has chosen EBSCO's EMpact Sales to help promote its science journals in Korea.

Bentham Open signs Portico deal

18 September 2008

Bentham Open will preserve its open-access e-journals in Portico.

WebMD buys QualityHealth.com

16 September 2008

Health information provider WebMD Health is acquiring QualityHealth.com and its owner, Marketing Technology Solutions.

UKPubMed Central gets funding for development

16 September 2008

The UK PubMed Central website has received funding for further development over the next three years.

Information professions could become disconnected from users

16 September 2008

Information professions including librarianship, archives, publishing and journalism could become increasingly disconnected from their users. This is one of the conclusions of a new book edited by David Nicholas and Ian Rowlands.

Texan university library picks Millennium

16 September 2008

The James G. Gee Library at Texas A&M University-Commerce has chosen the Millennium integrated library system from Innovative Interfaces.

ALPSP awards publishing prizes

15 September 2008

ALPSP has announced the winners of its 2008 awards.

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