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Knovel adds publications from ASTM International to its online technical reference collection

North American universities are leading the world on electronic publishing and open access while European counterparts play catch up, indicates the latest Webometrics survey

Internet search provider, Google, has added a new feature to its 'Books Search' that allows users to build their own digital libraries

US software developer, Collexis, is to pilot its semantic profiling system with Mayo Clinic Libraries, US, in a bid to mine hidden knowledge from…

A collaboration between the European Association of Research Libraries and the European Digital Repository Research Infrastructure aims to promote open access across Europe

The British Library and the National Archives of Malaysia have chosen UK archiving technology to combat digital preservation problems

A new policy from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research aims to promote public access to its funded research

YBP Library Services and Ebrary have teamed up to provide electronic books through YBP's online database

Remote Australian library wins $1 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Microsoft, for providing technology to indigenous communities

EBSCO Publishing has bought ten social science print indexes from Sage with a view to publishing online

Open access proponents launch scathing attack on the Partnership for Research Integrity in Science and Medicine, describing it as an 'anti-open access lobbying organisation'

BIA Digital Partners invests $10m in Eli Research to boost strategic growth