Attempts to reach a centralised agreement for ebook lending have failed.
Posted 6 March 2012
Skoobe is German publishers' response to the demand for 'popular' ebook content.
Posted 6 March 2012
Collaboration between National Library of Jerusalem and Germany part of a 'legacy plan'.
Posted 5 March 2012
Agreement ensures that the complete collections of Dutch public libraries will be accessible worldwide via WorldCat.
Posted 2 March 2012
Up to two years of tweets will be available for market research.
Posted 1 March 2012
Expanded content will result from agreements with leading publishers from around the world.
Posted 29 February 2012
Version 1.0 launched - project calling for volunteer involvement.
Posted 22 February 2012
Russian search engine Yandex has announced its 2011 financial results.
Posted 22 February 2012
ebrary has made its 2011 Global student ebook survey available free of charge.
Posted 22 February 2012
With the increased amount of data, a competition sets out to find creative 'article apps'.
Posted 22 February 2012
Open access to doctoral theses is 'good for research'.
Posted 21 February 2012
PIC 2012 to focus on 'online, offline, local and global' information.
Posted 21 February 2012
An award for IL project that has made a real impact to be awarded in April 2012.
Posted 20 February 2012
Research project into value of libraries to academic departments.
Posted 17 February 2012
Open Linked Data is a 'win win' for providers and customers says Europeana.
Posted 17 February 2012
News broadcasters continue to evolve their social media policies as they attempt to maintain a 'joined up' news service.
Posted 15 February 2012
Agreement reached between Japan and European Patent Offices to improve access to patent information.
Posted 14 February 2012
Ways forward for European copyright reform discussed at 'Towards Flexible Copyright' event.
Posted 14 February 2012
A new online guide outlines the key elements of effective copyright policy documents.
Posted 13 February 2012
Project Passion looking for creative entries to highlight creative and employment opportunities offered by e-skills.
Posted 13 February 2012
A new JISC Collections report explores the role of university libraries in helping institutions fulfil their research and teaching mission.
Posted 6 February 2012
Daily newspaper to cease, weekly 'tabloid' launched.
Posted 2 February 2012
The European Commission has published the results of its Online survey on scientific information in the digital age.
Posted 2 February 2012
Internet Librarian International, the innovation and technology conference, is moving to a new venue this year.
Posted 2 February 2012
Elsevier's SciVerse ScienceDirect journals and e-books to be made available to users of OCLC's WorldCat Local.
Posted 2 February 2012
Catalogue of print and e-books now available.
Posted 30 January 2012
Figures show increase in online newspaper visits and the importance of Facebook referral.
Posted 27 January 2012
The National Library of Ireland is carrying out a number of programmes as it digitises its collections.
Posted 22 January 2012
Springer, the largest provider of online STM content, now has 50,000 ebooks online.
Posted 20 January 2012
Online copyright materials expanded to reach more librarians.
Posted 16 January 2012
Chandos Publishing Online launches with information and library management titles.
Posted 16 January 2012
Acquisition will lead to enhanced research workflow support for information professionals.
Posted 13 January 2012
Submissions are sought for this year's conference scheduled to take place on 30-31 May in London.
Posted 12 January 2012
Two new iPad apps have been launched for healthcare professionals.
Posted 12 January 2012
Online-only Wall Street Journal Deutschland launched.
Posted 10 January 2012
A new report by Simba Information finds that the STM publishing market grew by 3.4% in 2011.
Posted 10 January 2012
Online newspapers, magazines and news site launch paid for content.
Posted 9 January 2012
New edition of Oxford's Dictionary of National Biography features over 200 new entries.
Posted 5 January 2012
Winning teams will research how computational techniques used in sciences can be transferred to social sciences and humanities.
Posted 4 January 2012
Springer has launched its SpringerLink mobile app for the iPhone and the iPhone Touch.
Posted 4 January 2012
A number of calls for papers for the IFLA Congress, to be held in Finland in 2012, have been announced.
Posted 3 January 2012
ActuaLitté and Google Books collaborate to make scanned out of copyright works available for free download.
Posted 3 January 2012
A website has been launched to provide resources and information for the UK's first National Libraries Day.
Posted 3 January 2012
A new journal will launch with a themed issue discussing the definition, and history, of LIS.
Posted 20 December 2011
People in the UK are Europe's 'most digitally aware' says Ofcom.
Posted 15 December 2011
Agreement reached with Elsevier and Taylor and Francis provides document delivery to non-commercial users outside the UK.
Posted 7 December 2011
The newspaper plans for continued growth in mobile access.
Posted 6 December 2011
Open data can stimulate the digital economy and provide social and economic benefits - Europeana's new White Paper focuses on open data business models.
Posted 5 December 2011
Amazon continues to expand in Europe.
Posted 2 December 2011
Decision follows impact study on book market.
Posted 25 November 2011