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SURF recommends liberal licence for material reuse

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The Netherlands' SURFdirect and Creative Commons Netherlands recommend the most liberal Creative Commons licence for reuse of material in the context of education and research

WorldCat Mobile pilot extended to Europe

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

OCLC's WorldCat Mobile pilot has been extended to Europe. This programme makes collections from libraries visible through mobile devices

Developing countries' research output shows big increase

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

There has been a dramatic rise in research output by scientists in the developing world since 2002, according to the partners of Research4Life

Lyrasis consortium signs up to SAGE's e-journals

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

SAGE's entire electronic journal and reference portfolio is now available to members of Lyrasis

Programme involves customers in product design

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

SirsiDynix has launched a strategic partnership programmeto foster greater interactions between the SirsiDynix Engineering organisation and customers

Mike Rossner honoured as SPARC innovator

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

SPARC has named Mike Rossner, executive director of the Rockefeller University Press in New York, as the latest SPARC innovator

Students join access debate

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

There has been an important shift in how students interact with and shape the world of scholarly communication with the release of a statement calling for broader access to scholarly knowledge, writes Nick Shockey

EMPact helps Multi-Science reach new markets

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

EMpact Sales will serve as exclusive sales and marketing representative for Multi-Science Publishing

Finland joins SCOAP3

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The high-energy physics open-access consortium, SCOAP3, has added Finland to its list of member countries

Emerald's e-journals join Portico

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Emerald Group Publishing will preserve its e-journals with Portico

Nature named 'journal of the century'

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The 686 members of the BioMedical & Life Sciences Division of the Special Libraries Association have chosen the journal Nature as 'journal of the century'

Open access could save money in the Netherlands

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Open-access publication could save the Netherlands up to 133 million euros, according to new research from Australian economist John Houghton

AIP partners with CLOCKSS

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Online versions of all AIP's journals will soon reside in the dark archive, CLOCKSS

AIP signs up to TRANSFER Code of Practice

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The American Institute of Physics has signed up to guidelines that help ensure that journal content remains easily accessible when journals transfer between parties

Copyright law prevents access to millions of 'orphan works'

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Millions of "orphan works" cannot be accessed online because their rights holders cannot be found