DFG funds German licence for Nature archive
Universities and institutions in Germany now have access to the complete Nature archive from 1869-2007 following a national licence agreement
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Librarian acknowledged for innovation, inspiration and leadership
Thomson Scientific awards the 2008 Quantum2 InfoStar Award to Ohio librarian Brian Gray
Digital library moves to National Center for Atmospheric Research
Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) moves to National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado.
Access to SAGE material in Asia
SAGE announces several new consortia agreements across Asia for 2008.
Swets and Innodata Isogen sign outsourcing pact
Innodata Isogen recently announced that it has signed a master services agreement with Swets, the world's leading subscription services company, to expand their ongoing…
AAP and STM criticise new NIH publication policy
Publisher bodies believe that the new NIH research publication policy undermines intellectual property rights and does not provide funding to implement the requirements.
Thomson Scientific launches Citation Impact Forum
Thomson Scientific today announced the launch of its Citation Impact Forum, an online forum promoting scholarly discussion about citation-based research evaluation.
US law provides free access to government funded research
Under new law NIH-funded researchers are required to offer their findings free to the public a year after they are published commercially.
Digital imperative brings more publications online
Technology provider Ingenta announces 16 new publisher clients and 16 client renewals.
30 millionth DOI for CrossRef
Multi-publisher linking association, CrossRef, announces its 30 millionth Digital Object Identifier (DOI).
Money-saving collaboration between American university presses
Top university presses announce a collaboration to find a way to reduce costs of scholarly publishing and to allow for more books to be…
Scientific document delivery agreement endorsed
Representatives of Subito e.V., scientific libraries, and various international publishers have endorsed a framework agreement within German speaking countries.