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Research Libraries UK calls for cuts in big deal prices

04 December 2010

Research Libraries UK has said it will not support future journal big deals unless they show real price reductions

SkyRiver joins Library of Congress cooperative cataloguing

18 November 2010

SkyRiver is now an active NACO node within the Library of Congress Program for Cooperative Cataloging

Increased Google access doubles CAB Direct usage

18 November 2010

Usage of CAB Direct platform more than doubles after Semantico increases Google access

NPG experiments look at community research practice

18 November 2010

Two new experiments aim to help to improve best practices for pre-publication data sharing and drafting of community standards in the genomics research community

Elsevier joins CrossRef Cited-by Linking

17 November 2010

Elsevier has joined CrossRef's Cited-by Linking Service, which allows CrossRef member publishers to display links on an article page to other articles that cite that particular document

Portico preserves CrossRef metadata

17 November 2010

CrossRef's bibliographic and reference metadata will be preserved in the Portico archive

AirPAC for smartphones now in 70 libraries

17 November 2010

More than 70 libraries around the world are now using AirPAC for Smartphones from Innovative Interfaces to extend their service to mobile devices

BIBSYS chooses OCLC library tools

16 November 2010

Norwegian consortium BIBSYS has selected a new library system based on OCLC's Web-scale Management Services

Europe considers 'digital copyright symbol'

12 November 2010

European Commission takes on European's Publisher Council's copyright ideas

Guidelines help researchers understand data quality

02 November 2010

A new set of guidelines, released by SURFfoundation in the Netherlands, should help researchers to decide what data to preserve and how long to preserve it for

Credo partners with NERL consortium

02 November 2010

Credo Reference will provide member libraries of the Northeast Research Libraries consortium with access to Credo's General Reference and Publisher and Subject Collections services at a discount thanks to a new partnership agreement

CAB Direct reaches nine million

02 November 2010

CAB Direct reaches the nine-million mark

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