Cambridge University Press picks Rightslink
Cambridge Journals has chosen Copyright Clearance Center's Rightslink to help its readers obtain copyright permissions to share and distribute published materials directly from content…
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Canada, Australia and New Zealand plan book coalition
Publishers from Canada, Australia and New Zealand will pursue closer cooperation between their three English-language markets.
NetLibrary investigates e-books
OCLC's eContent division, NetLibrary is looking for participants in a short survey into usage and perceptions of e-books and e-audiobooks.
New OA declaration is developed
The latest statement on open access, the Brisbane Declaration, has been released.
Springer buys BioMed Central
Springer is acquiring the open-access publisher BioMed Central.
Swets buys Dutch book seller
Subscription services company Swets has bought Boekhandel E. Frencken, a Netherlands-based book and journal seller.
WorldCat.org links to Google Book Search content
WorldCat.org users can now view digitised books in the Google Book Search collection, on the WorldCat.org website.
JISC awards funding for digitisation projects
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…
Study explores ‘noncommercial use’
Creative Commons has launched a study into 'noncommercial use' of content
Bloomsbury buys Berg Publishers
Bloomsbury Publishing is buying the academic publishing company Berg Publishers
More partners join SCOAP3
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
The Charlesworth Group has retained its contract for he typesetting and manufacturing of all Society for General Microbiology (SGM) journals.