From ProjectMUSE : The book collections offer thousands of peer-reviewed digital books from over 65 major university presses and scholarly publishers and allow books to be discovered and searched in an integrated environment with content from nearly 500 journals currently on MUSE. Full story >>

  From paidContent : Saying Amazon’s API terms have become “more and more restrictive,” Goodreads is switching data providers and entering an agreement with book wholesaler Ingram—alarming some users who fear their reading records will be lost. The changes take place January 30. Goodreads’ new data source is book wholesaler Ingram. Goodreads [...]

  From Parliament : In March 2011 the Minister for Universities and Science held a round table discussion to explore the issues. At this meeting the government committed to supporting efforts to expand access to both research publications and data as part of its wider "Transparency Agenda". OA is seen by many as [...]

  From the Yahoo! Search blog : Our plan is to keep moving, to keep innovating, and to continuously measure and scrutinize what’s working and what isn’t – so we can make room for great new products. In that spirit, we’re decommissioning several of our current mobile apps. We will be sending a [...]

  From the press release : Literati by Credo is a collaborative research platform that promotes research effectiveness and information literacy by combining Credo's well-regarded content with innovative library-centric technology. Beyond the platform, Literati by Credo offers customized tools and services, so that libraries can brand and enhance their end-user experience. [...]

  From the Google blog : The Google Crisis Response team works on providing critical emergency information during crises. Our goal is to surface emergency information through the online tools you use everyday, when that information is relevant and useful. With today’s launch of Public Alerts on Google Maps, relevant weather, public safety, [...]

  From the press release: An ambitious project has been launched through  Electronic Enlightenment   – Theodore Besterman’s great print-edition of Voltaire’s complete correspondence is being updated and revised. Nicholas Cronk and fellow editors are collaborating  with the Electronic Enlightenment Project at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, for exclusive onlin e publication of this [...]

  From the press release : The Association of Research Libraries, working with the Center for Social Media at American University , and the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property in American University’s Washington College of Law, is preparing a code of best practices in fair use for academic and research libraries. [...]

  From the press release : Swets is pleased to announce that Credo Reference ( www.credoreference.com ) has recently joined the SwetsWise eBook catalog with over 1,500 reference works from more than 80 of the world’s best reference publishers.  Collections and titles are thoughtfully selected to offer broad coverage of subjects such as [...]