Thousands of painstakingly handwritten books produced in medieval Europe still exist today, but scholars have long struggled with questions about when and where the majority of these works originated.

A valuable gift will receive a Jerusalem institute next week. The family of man who held a fragment of a more than 1,000-year-old manuscript of the Hebrew Bible for six decades as a good luck charm will present it to the Institute.

Researchers at the UAB Computer Vision Centre working on the automatic recognition of manuscript documents have designed a new system that is more efficient and reliable than currently existing ones.

ScholarOne, a Thomson business, announced the release of Manuscript Central™ v4.0, an upgraded version of the industry-leading manuscript submission and peer-review system. The latest version of the product introduces new features including Manuscript Central Optima, an integration with Thomson Scientific’s Web of Science® and EndNote®, as well as eForms and eCommerce, all designed to create easier and more streamlined processes for manuscript submission, review and production.

The Library of Congress has no shortage of reading materials with more than 134 million items in its collection. This summer, a Florida State University chemist will use his knowledge of cellulose, a key component of paper, to help the world's largest library find ways of preserving its vast treasure trove of books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers and pamphlets, many of which are irreplaceable.