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The data-storing and sharing service Figshare has launched a version of its product for academic institutions

The Digital Repository of Ireland has launched a report on approaches to caring for digital data

The Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium in England has selected EBL and ebrary as recommended e-book suppliers for the next two to four years

The ScholarOne Journal Triathlon aims to celebrate and recognise the innovative accomplishments of research journals

The UK consortium of scholarly libraries, Research Libraries UK, has joined The European Library

The Center for Research Libraries will carry out an in-depth audit of the CLOCKSS preservation archive

Four library and consortium organisations have launched a joint task force to examine the skills librarians need to support e-research and scholarly communication

Elsevier has acquired Woodhead Publishing Limited. The acquisition also includes Chandos Publishing

Phil Richards, director of IT at Loughborough University, has been appointed chief innovation officer at Jisc

EOS International, which provides cloud computing library automation software, says that it added eight new clients in July 2013

Innovative Interfaces says that several libraries are now live with the company's institutional repository solution Content Pro IRX

BMJ has appointed Glen Campbell as its US managing director