OCLC has acquired the remaining shares of OCLC PICA Group to become the sole shareholder of the European library and information systems supplier.
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HHMI announces new access policy for research articles
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute will require its original research articles to be made freely accessible in a public repository within six months of publication.
British Library picks Innodata Isogen for publisher digitisation
The British Library has selected Innodata Isogen as its development partner for its Publisher Digitisation Service.
Global Science Gateway opens
An online global gateway to science information from 15 national portals has now been opened.
Emerald acquires information and computing titles
Emerald has acquired four journals from Troubador Publishing.
Australian health librarian picks up SLA award
Stephen Due has been named the 2007 Information Professional of the Year by the SLA Australia/-New Zealand Chapter.
TG Publishing and Wiley announce e-book partnership
TG Publishing is partnering with John Wiley & Sons to deliver technology book content online.
Oxford Journals tries out new approach to open access
Primary papers in the Journal of Experimental Botany are being published as open access with no article-processing charge if the author's institution subscribes to the journal.
Two libraries switch to Innovative
Innovative Interfaces has announced two new customers for its Millennium integrated library management system.
Thomson looks for scholarship recipient
Thomson Scientific is seeking applicants from Europe, the
Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Africa for its annual Roger K. Summit International Scholarship.
Eighteen Asian universities have chosen Scopus so far this year
In the first quarter of 2007, 18 Asian institutions chose Scopus as the preferred database for their university library.
Consortium of 12 universities joins Google Book Search
The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) has announced a collective agreement to digitise up to 10 million volumes as part of the Google Book Search project.