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Two days of hacking and sharing for anyone interested in open bibliographic metadata.

Facebook planning a central place for users to locate apps.

DCMS is exploring options to transfer the administration of PLR.

The BBC's Roly Keating will join the BL in September 2012.

Munich University Department votes to cancel subscriptions.

Researchers at LISU calling for participation from academic librarians.

Official launch of data analytics service.

Evidence emerging about the benefits of OA to research articles.

Scottish university is named UK's number one for library and information management studies.

CodeForScience competition looking for apps and mash-ups that use Elsevier content.

Report provides guidance for libraries, archives and museums on user generated metadata.

Netflix, which launched in the UK and Ireland earlier this year, plans to increase its European presence.

Project seeks to discover well used and respected LIS research resources.

The US digital textbook rental service will target UK students.

The libraries are planning to digitise 1.5 million pages of ancient texts.

Successful fundraising campaign enables BL to acquire the earliest intact European book.

Law students at an Austrian university have brought about changes in Facebook's data disclosure policies.

The European Commission wants to explore the best possible framework to realise the potential benefits of the Internet of Things.

JISC InfoNet research uncovers the costs to universities of fulfilling Freedom of Information requests.