The 2014 Brill/IFLA award for OA in the social sciences and humanities.
Posted 30 January 2014
France and Germany likely next targets.
Posted 29 January 2014
Acquisition estimated at $400 million.
Posted 28 January 2014
French Government initiative reduces VAT to 2.1%
Posted 28 January 2014
Dutch library users can now borrow up to 5000 books via their tablets, mobiles, computers or e-reader.
Posted 23 January 2014
Europe's digital library, museum and archive, has launched the second version of its free app.
Posted 21 January 2014
Knowledge base aims to curate the Internet of Things.
Posted 17 January 2014
EU funded project developing a world wide web for robots.
Posted 16 January 2014
Sales fell in 2013; additional financing not secured.
Posted 13 January 2014
Search engine fined €150,000 for breaching data protection act.
Posted 9 January 2014
Deadline for public consultation is 5 February 2014.
Posted 9 January 2014
Simplified news stories are summarised visually.
Posted 8 January 2014
Bots are being used to scrape user profile details.
Posted 8 January 2014
National Library sold 'tons' of books.
Posted 11 December 2013
National collecting society SABAM opposes proposed reform.
Posted 10 December 2013
Pilot collection launched; target of 200 libraries to sign up.
Posted 8 December 2013
The National Library of Norway plans to digitise every Norwegian book.
Posted 8 December 2013
Widespread adoption of authentication standards makes spamming more difficult.
Posted 8 December 2013
Stakeholder dialogue complete; recommendations finalised.
Posted 8 December 2013
Reports suggest Apple paid over $200 million.
Posted 4 December 2013
Anonymous hacker accessed email alert app.
Posted 27 November 2013
A new digital platform has been launched to make historical works available to the public.
Posted 25 November 2013
Video sharing app broadens international reach.
Posted 22 November 2013
Social network user numbers in Germany set to overtake UK figures in 2013.
Posted 22 November 2013
EBLIDA calling for broader discussions on copyright.
Posted 20 November 2013
Pledge to support text and data mining initiatives.
Posted 20 November 2013
In Germany half of Amazon's top 100 e-books list are self-published.
Posted 20 November 2013
Over 1,100 UK workers were questioned about their link-clicking habits.
Posted 20 November 2013
BL's newspaper collection moving to purpose-built storage.
Posted 14 November 2013
Security services questioned by MPs.
Posted 8 November 2013
Professor Martin Hall will take up his position in early 2014.
Posted 8 November 2013
Coalition accuses Dutch government of bypassing privacy rules.
Posted 7 November 2013
Potential new role at Google if firm settles EC antitrust case.
Posted 7 November 2013
Digitisation equipment and some artefacts destroyed.
Posted 6 November 2013
Discovery service should help increase usage of library resources.
Posted 5 November 2013
Germans 'unimpressed' by Internet Service Providers.
Posted 5 November 2013
The impact of search on business performance is conference theme.
Posted 1 November 2013
Tim Berners-Lee has unveiled the latest survey of the open data performance of 77 countries.
Posted 1 November 2013
Almost a quarter of all European shoppers have bought books and magazines via the internet.
Posted 29 October 2013
Digital collections from North Carolina to be made available through DPLA.
Posted 27 October 2013
Over 50% of internet users are watching music videos on the web.
Posted 24 October 2013
The Spanish telecom provider Telefónica has launched a new streaming service for e-books.
Posted 24 October 2013
The man in charge of the David Bowie back catalogue has discovered a 15-minute 'faux' radio show.
Posted 23 October 2013
Academics at The UK's University of Nottingham have launched two free internet resources for vets.
Posted 20 October 2013
Researchers conclude users stay with an information 'routine'.
Posted 17 October 2013
Over 20,000 images available in project coordinated by Collections Trust.
Posted 17 October 2013
40% of the world's population will be connected to the internet by the end of 2013.
Posted 11 October 2013
Researchers at German University identify websites using secret tracking.
Posted 11 October 2013
Search giant to extend bug bounty to selected open source projects.
Posted 11 October 2013
Part of the Royal Tropical Institute's collections will be saved.
Posted 11 October 2013