Ex Libris launches collaboration initiative for design of digital preservation system - January 21, 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced a Charter Program to foster strategic collaboration between the company and its customers on the ongoing design of the Ex Libris Rosetta digital preservation system. Having gone live at the National Library of New Zealand in November… Read More
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Elsevier, CAS agreement to increase cooperation in information exchange - January 21, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and chemical database provider Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, recently reached an agreement to increase cooperation in information exchange to improve their respective operations and service offerings. Under the agreement, Elsevier will… Read More
Publishing Research Consortium brings out a preliminary report on Journal Authors’ Rights – perception and reality - January 21, 2009
The Publishing Research Consortium (PRC) has announced that it will shortly be publishing its fifth Summary Paper. The paper compares the findings of a specially commissioned study on what authors want to do with their journal articles, and what they believe they are permitted to do… Read More
Apple opts for MathType as equation editor for new iWork ’09 suite of applications - January 21, 2009
Enterprise software vendor Design Science, Inc., US, has announced that Apple has chosen its product MathType as the equation editor for its new iWork '09 suite of applications. Design Science makes the MathFlow line of MathML editing and composition tools for XML publishing. Phil Schiller, Apple's… Read More
OCLC announces new CONTENTdm version - January 20, 2009
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has released CONTENTdm 5, a new version of CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management software. In direct response to input provided by more than 1,000 CONTENTdm users, OCLC development staff designed new features and improved existing features as… Read More
