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De Gruyter opens subsidiary in Beijing
De Gruyter has moved into its new representative office in the People's Republic of China
JISC Collections signs agreement for Taylor & Francis journals
Taylor & Francis Journals has announced a new NESLi2 agreement with the UK's JISC Collections for 2012 to 2014
University of Maryland University College chooses EBSCO for discovery
University of Maryland University College (UMUC) has selected EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) from EBSCO Publishing as its discovery service
CrossRef revises DOI display guidelines
CrossRef has announced an update to its Digital Object Identifier (DOI) online display guidelines
UK hopes intellectual property reforms will promote growth
The UK Government has accepted recommendations made by an independent review for modernising the country's intellectual property laws
BioMed Central brings open-access initiative to West Africa
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology of Kumasi, Ghana, is the first African Foundation Member to participate in 'Open Access Africa'
Springer announces winners of first API Challenge
Springer has chosen the first, second, and third place winners of its API Challenge 1.0
Archive charts birth of modern China
An online archive of 8,000 rare photographs of Chinese life between 1850 and 1950 has been launched through the Visualising China project
Biochemical Society appoints new publishing head
Caroline Black is the managing director of Portland Press
John Benjamins picks Publishing Technology's platform
The independent Dutch academic publisher John Benjamins has chosen Publishing Technology's pub2web platform to host its publications in one place for the first time
Nanyang Technological University picks EBSCO Discovery Service
Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has selected EBSCO Discovery Service