Hinari initiative seen to boost scientific activity in developing countries - May 21, 2008
Hinari Access to Research initiative has announced that its collaborative efforts to provide free and low cost access to health research in developing countries have made a significant impact on advancing scientific discoveries in these regions. Designed by the WHO and global biomedical publishers, the programme… Read More
TechWatch report calls for libraries to take coherent approach to metadata - May 16, 2008
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that its recent TechWatch report, by Richard Gartner, on metadata for digital libraries explores how high quality metadata frameworks are critical if libraries are to provide seamless searching and retrieval technologies. Focusing thus on metadata is a… Read More