October/November 2009
PUBLISHING 2.0
Web 2.0 fails to excite today's researchers
With the current enthusiasm for anything '2.0', David Stuart asks what it will take to change the way that academics work
E-BOOKS
The slow rise of e-books
Arnaud Pellé of Emerald Group Publishing takes a look at the history of e-books and what their future holds
INTERVIEW
Evolution not revolution
Olaf Ernst, Springer's president of eProduct management and innovation, talks about some of the new developments in electronic publishing
PHYSICS
Physicists get new research network
Siân Harris finds out about a new social network to help physicists work together and share information
PROFILE
Strength in numbers
John Murphy discovers how HighWire provides technology and community to more than 140 publishers
SCIENCE INTELLIGENCE
Librarians still have vital role in the Web 2.0 era
Information professional Hervé Basset shares his observations about the role of Web 2.0 technology in science intelligence in industry
SEARCH TOOLS
Personalisation allows researchers to create online bibliographies
Lisa Jeskins and Bethan Ruddock describe a free tool that enables users to search the UK's national and academic libraries
STANDARDS
Good data about content reduces user frustration
Charlie Rapple (right) reports on proposals to improve the accuracy and completeness of the data supplied to knowledge bases
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