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Austrian government invests in digital archiving

12 March 2010

The Austrian Federal Chancellery is investing 4.58 million euros in a cross-government digital archiving solution

Google is important to Chinese scientists, says study

25 February 2010

More than three-quarters of Chinese scientists use Google as the primary search engine for their research

Study examines how libraries help doctoral students

24 February 2010

A collaborative study between the libraries at Cornell University and Columbia University aims to discover if the library can help doctoral students in the humanities finish their degrees

British Library partners with Amazon on book project

24 February 2010

A deal between the British Library and Amazon will make 65,000 largely out-of-print 19th century titles available on Amazon via print-on-demand or as free downloads on Kindle

Project captures voices of science

23 February 2010

The British Library is launching an electronic collection giving an oral history of British science

Royal Holloway sets open-access mandate

19 February 2010

Researchers at Royal Holloway, University of London will soon be required to deposit copies of their research in the college's open-access repository

Portugal joins SCOAP3

18 February 2010

The Fundação para a Computação Científica Nacional has joined the international consortium driving open-access to high-energy physics research

Swiss metacatalogue launches

17 February 2010

A beta version of Switzerland's next-generation meta-catalogue, SwissBib, has been launched

Working group helps library data management

15 February 2010

New working group launched to promote better management data for higher education libraries

Study shows importance of data quality and methodology

14 February 2010

Data quality and methodology are key concerns in higher education rankings, according to a study by Thomson Reuters

Europeana adds Jewish culture

14 February 2010

A new project will provide open access to Jewish culture collections through Europeana, Europe's digital library, museum and archive

US universities start $20 million archiving project

11 February 2010

A $20 million US archiving project led by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries aims to help preserve scientific data

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