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LIBRARIAN SKILLS
Programming skills could transform librarians' roles
To keep pace with information changes and the needs of users, librarians need some programming skills, argues David Stuart
ACCESS
Industry tackles polarisation in access debate
At the ALPSP annual conference in September Fred Dylla of American Institute of Physics revealed how a new group from across the industry is seeking to find common ground in the open access stand-off, writes Siân Harris
DATA SHARING
Data-sharing culture has changed
Simon Hodson of JISC examines how technology and funding policies have changed the ways that researchers share data
LICENSING
Untangling digital rights
The possibilities that networked electronic resources offer to researchers are extensive but do they know what they are allowed to do with the content available to them? Siân Harris and John Murphy ask about the challenges of licensing and rights management
CONFERENCE REPORT
Conference brings OA community together
Caroline Sutton reports back from the First Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing held recently in Sweden
OPINION
We need to convince the taxpayer
Science communication should go beyond peer-reviewed journals and conferences if the public are to engage with scientific developments, argues Jonathon Rees
REFERENCE SEARCHING
Information integration may not be enough
Integrating information in academic libraries is very important but some users don't know how to find this information in the first place. Credo Reference is taking on the challenge of enticing users to their libraries' resources, writes John Dove
INTERVIEW
Marketing to readers
Jacek Ciesielski, general manager of Poland-based publisher Versita believes that article-level marketing helps attract good papers and boost journal impact factors







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