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EMpact signs agreement with AK

28 June 2008

EMpact appointed marketing representative and consultant for Akadémiai Kiadó Zrt (AK) to increase sales among academic and research libraries.

Elsevier to contribute millions of articles to CrossCheck

27 June 2008

Elsevier is implementing CrossCheck to help combat plagiarism.

NLH goes live with WorldCat Link Manager

27 June 2008

The National Library for Health (NLH) implements an OpenURL link resolver service for NHS library holdings using OCLC’s WorldCat Link Manager.

Inspec reaches 10 millionth article

27 June 2008

Inspec, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)'s bibliographic database now has over 10 million records.

Students use print and electronic books equally

27 June 2008

Usage of e-books is roughly the same as that of print books for student assignments and research, according to a survey by ebrary.

ebrary partners with Ambassador

24 June 2008

Ambassador Books and Media partners with ebrary for new e-book offering.

ACAP to adopt PLUS image licensing standards

24 June 2008

ACAP (Automated Content Access Protocol) adopts semantics of the Picture Licensing Universal System (PLUS).

Medical librarian wins award

21 June 2008

Medical librarian, Jan Weaver, is named the 2008 Information Professional of the Year by the SLA Australia and New Zealand Chapter.

Report cautions against the over-reliance on citation statistics

20 June 2008

A new report cautions against the over-reliance on citation statistics such as the impact factor and h-index.

Data management examined at conference

19 June 2008

The management and preservation of research data was given a thorough examination at the recent SCONUL conference.

Czech maths literature goes digital

16 June 2008

The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic has released a beta-version of The Czech Digital Mathematics Library.

Proquest buys Dialog

16 June 2008

ProQuest will acquire the Dialog business of Thomson Reuters.

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