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Scientific research has not been hindered significantly by a recent proliferation of technology patents and licensing agreements, according to surveys in four countries.

Book and library systems must be ready for 13-digit ISBNs by early next year, when ISBNs with a prefix of 979 start to be…

The Bundesrat, Germany's second parliamentary chamber, has passed a resolution supporting open access and scientific publishing.

The Royal Library of Denmark has chosen Ex Libris' Primo discovery and delivery product as the interface to all local and remote scholarly information…

Edinburgh University Press has chosen Atypon Systems to develop an online journals and reference work publication and hosting platform.

The University of Manchester has used Talis Keystone to integrate its library services within its campus uPortal.

Scopus is being made available to 44 of Brazil's leading universities and research institutes.

A new membership organisation has been formed to support managing and technical editors of peer-reviewed journals.

Medical researchers and doctors in training regularly use online journals, even if they have to do so from their local internet cafe, according to…

SAGE has signed the UKSG Project Transfer Code of Practice.

Simon Dessain, chief operating officer of Publishing Technology and former chief executive of Ingenta, has announced that he is leaving the company.

The EU's High Level Expert Group on Digital Libraries has presented an advisory report on copyright issues to the European Commission.