SPARC guide explores OA funds
SPARC has released a guide and supporting web resource exploring campus-based open-access publishing funds
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Bloomberg and Wiley strike book publishing alliance
Wiley will be the exclusive global publisher of Bloomberg and Bloomberg BusinessWeek-branded books
Austrian government invests in digital archiving
The Austrian Federal Chancellery is investing 4.58 million euros in a cross-government digital archiving solution
Google is important to Chinese scientists, says study
More than three-quarters of Chinese scientists use Google as the primary search engine for their research
Study examines how libraries help doctoral students
A collaborative study between the libraries at Cornell University and Columbia University aims to discover if the library can help doctoral students in the…
British Library partners with Amazon on book project
A deal between the British Library and Amazon will make 65,000 largely out-of-print 19th century titles available on Amazon via print-on-demand or as free…
Project captures voices of science
The British Library is launching an electronic collection giving an oral history of British science
Royal Holloway sets open-access mandate
Researchers at Royal Holloway, University of London will soon be required to deposit copies of their research in the college's open-access repository
Portugal joins SCOAP3
The Fundação para a Computação Científica Nacional has joined the international consortium driving open-access to high-energy physics research
Swiss metacatalogue launches
A beta version of Switzerland's next-generation meta-catalogue, SwissBib, has been launched
Working group helps library data management
New working group launched to promote better management data for higher education libraries
Study shows importance of data quality and methodology
Data quality and methodology are key concerns in higher education rankings, according to a study by Thomson Reuters