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
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ALPSP endorses British Library licensing framework for document supply
08 November 2011
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
08 November 2011
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
01 November 2011
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
South Africa gets OCLC's WorldCat Local
01 November 2011
WorldCat Local, OCLC's discovery service, will serve as a single point of access and delivery of electronic, print and digital resources to the National Library of South Africa and 15 academic institutions
United Nations chooses Publishing Technology's digital publishing platform
24 October 2011
Publishing Technology's pub2web platform will be used to build the United Nations eCollection
UNESCO recognises ethnographic recording work
24 October 2011
UNESCO has recognised The British Library's Historic Ethnographic Recordings as a collection of global significance and outstanding universal value
Lay summaries could help public understand health research
24 October 2011
Publishing a lay summary alongside every research article could be the answer to assisting in the wider understanding of health-related information, according to the findings of a new citizen science project
Ingram provides content in Singapore
24 October 2011
The National Library Board Singapore has selected Coutts to provide content and materials to its network of 24 Public Libraries and the National Library Singapore
Planman Technologies launches Digital Library Services division
24 October 2011
Content services provider Planman Technologies has established a new Digital Library Services division
Open Index Week launches
24 October 2011
Knowledge for All will host the first Open Index Week, which will be from 24 to 28 October, alongside the international open-access week
Projects delve into enhanced publication
24 October 2011
Six projects financed by SURFfoundation have been giving researchers insight into enhancing publications
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