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Bentham signs e-book distribution agreement

21 December 2009

E-books from Bentham Science Publishers will be distributed through Barnes & Nobels and Academic Rights Press

Lack of access hinders research, says report

21 December 2009

The efficiency and quality of research is being damaged by lack of access, according to a report from the Research Information Network

Springer bought by EQT and GIC

11 December 2009

Investors from Sweden and Singapore have acquired Springer Science+Business Media

BBC and British Library broaden archive access

11 December 2009

The BBC and British Library are working together to make the content and assets of both organisations more widely available

SURF publishes guide to data use

11 December 2009

SURFdirect of the Netherlands has published a guide clarifying the legal protection that applies to research data

Two Danish libraries pick Dawson Books

27 November 2009

Dawson Books has been chosen as international book supplier to the University of Copenhagen and The Royal Library, Copenhagen

JISC launches Research 3.0 campaign

27 November 2009

JISC in the UK is launching a year-long campaign called 'Research 3.0 - driving the knowledge economy'

Informa interested in buying Springer

25 November 2009

Informa has confirmed that it is in discussions about acquiring Springer Science + Business Media

One size does not fit all for life scientists

12 November 2009

'One-size-fits-all' information and data-sharing policies are not achieving scientifically productive and cost-efficient information use in life sciences, according to a report by the British Library and the Research Information Network

Nobel Prize winners lobby US Congress over access

12 November 2009

Nobel Prize winners have given US Congress an open letter, urging that 'For America to obtain an optimal return on our investment in science, publicly funded research must be shared as broadly as possible.'

Publishing Technology and TBI collaborate on semantic web project

12 November 2009

Publishing Technology has become the development partner for a pilot project being coordinated by TBI Communications into the use of the semantic web

Elsevier announces semantic web competition winners

11 November 2009

Elsevier has announced the winners of the 2009 Semantic Web Challenge

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