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New initiative warns public against the risks of government interference to scientific publishing

The American Chemical Society claims chemistry research is thriving as its Abstracts Service logs a record number of references

The Fraunhofer Society selects Thomson Scientific's research database to help members win grants

Dutch investment firm, Gilde, buys subscription agent, Royal Swets and Zeitlinger, with plans to expand business into new markets

Touted as a model of library automation in the Middle East, Cairo University has chosen the so-called Millenium platform, designed by US library systems…

In a bid to boost publication exposure, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute is to pay the processing charges for articles published by its researchers…

Global library federations urge government intervention as Iraqi librarians and national archives placed at risk from US and Iraq troops

US digital content provider, Proquest, claims its social sciences database, Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanisticas (Prisma), now holds more than 100 full text…

Emerald Group Publishing, UK, has penned a five year deal with Italy's largest university consortium

The Council of Australian University Librarians has joined forces with Sage to offer online access to more than 450 of the publisher's journals

In a bid to drive so-called open access publishing forward, the Swiss National Science Foundation reveals a new directive on open access for SNSF-sponsored…

Cornell University Library, US, is the newest partner in the Google Book Search Library Project