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Australian library bags cash from Bill Gates
03 September 2007
Remote Australian library wins $1 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Microsoft, for providing technology to indigenous communities
EBSCO buys Sage indexes
30 August 2007
EBSCO Publishing has bought ten social science print indexes from Sage with a view to publishing online
Open access community condemns PRISM
30 August 2007
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'
Eli Research bags multi-million dollar investment
29 August 2007
BIA Digital Partners invests $10m in Eli Research to boost strategic growth
US coalition defends 'publishing integrity'
28 August 2007
New initiative warns public against the risks of government interference to scientific publishing
'Record reference numbers reflect research growth'
23 August 2007
The American Chemical Society claims chemistry research is thriving as its Abstracts Service logs a record number of references
German research society signs Thomson contract
23 August 2007
The Fraunhofer Society selects Thomson Scientific's research database to help members win grants
Gilde acquires Royal Swets and Zeitlinger
22 August 2007
Dutch investment firm, Gilde, buys subscription agent, Royal Swets and Zeitlinger, with plans to expand business into new markets
Cairo University updates operations
20 August 2007
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 provider Innovative, to boost operations.
BioMed Central and HHMI seal open access deal
20 August 2007
In a bid to boost publication exposure, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute is to pay the processing charges for articles published by its researchers in BioMed Central's open access journals.
Iraq national library invaded by troops
17 August 2007
Global library federations urge government intervention as Iraqi librarians and national archives placed at risk from US and Iraq troops
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