Institute of Physics Publishing has joined the Professional Publishers Association
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Louisiana Libraries sign deal with Credo
Louisiana Libraries sign statewide licensing agreement with Credo Reference
Global experiment examines social media for educational content
A global experiment based on the social media technology behind Twitter and Facebook aims to find out how the social activity around online educational content can be captured and fed back to users, creators and publishers
Springer acquires Pharma Marketing and Publishing Services from Wolters Kluwer
Springer will acquire Wolters Kluwer's Pharma Marketing and Publishing Services division
European libraries work on e-book search engine
Libraries across Europe have been working on better integration between their e-book collections as part of the eBooks on Demand initiative
Report points to growth in publishing services for libraries
Publishing services provided by libraries are expanding and professionalising, according to a new report released for comment by SPARC
SAGE and Hindawi end partnership
SAGE and Hindawi Publishing have concluded the open-access partnership that they established in 2007
French national librarian will chair Europeana Foundation
The chief executive of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Bruno Racine, has been elected to chair the board of the Europeana Foundation
CABI contributes to name ambiguity project
Not-for-profit life sciences publisher CABI has become a founding sponsors of ORCID, the organisation set up to solve the problem of name ambiguity in scholarly research
ALPSP endorses British Library licensing framework for document supply
ALPSP is recommending that its member sign up to licence agreements with the British Library based on the framework agreement agreed between the library, STM and PA
JISC appoints new head
Martyn Harrow, director of information services at Cardiff University, has been appointed as head of JISC for a fixed term of nine-18 months from 1 February 2012
European Commission adopts preservation recommendation
The European Commission is asking member states to step up their efforts, pool their resources and involve private partners in digitising cultural material and making it available through Europeana