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Wolters Kluwer Health preserves e-journals in Portico

12 June 2009

Wolters Kluwer Health will preserve more than 300 periodicals in Portico

Library study examines resource changes in challenging economy

08 June 2009

The CIBER research group will conduct a global library survey to understand electronic resources challenges, trends, and best practices in tough economical times

Green open-access study publishes guidelines

05 June 2009

A Europe-wide project to investigate the effects of large-scale deposit ('green open access') has published guidelines for publishers and repository managers

Walter de Gruyter preserves e-books with Portico

04 June 2009

Walter de Gruyter is preserving approximately 1,200 e-book titles with Portico

Springer donates archive to Central and Regional Library Berlin

26 May 2009

The historical archive of the scientific publishing house Springer will soon be kept by Berlin's Central and Regional Library

Readers can test e-readers at British Library

19 May 2009

Over the next three months readers at the British Library can try out three e-book readers from Sony and iRex Technologies

Swets gets new CEO

18 May 2009

Subscription agent Swets has chosen Eduard Cohen to be its new chief executive officer

RSC acquires ChemSpider

14 May 2009

The Royal Society of Chemistry has bought ChemSpider, a free online service providing a structure-centric community for chemists

Bundling print and digital drives textbook sales

12 May 2009

There is a growing demand for e-textbooks, according to a study by John Smith & Son, a UK academic and professional bookselling chain

Grants help libraries and scholars in developing world

11 May 2009

The Elsevier Foundation is seeking new grant proposals for its 2009 Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries and New Scholars programmes

Pfizer signs deal to cover open-access publication costs

11 May 2009

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has signed a membership agreement with BioMed Central to cover publication costs for research articles published by its researchers

Higher e-journal spend linked to better research outcomes

07 May 2009

There is a clear correlation between levels of usage of e-journals and research outcomes, according to studies done by the CIBER group at University College London on behalf of the UK's Research Information Network

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