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'Online journals reduce citation count'

5 August 2008
New research shows that fewer papers are being cited than in the days before the internet, reports Rebecca Pool

APA rethinks NIH policy after backlash from open-access community

17 July 2008
The American Psychological Association is looking again at its plans to charge authors to fulfil the National Institutes of Health mandate.

Libraries divided over preservation urgency

16 June 2008
Library views are mixed about the urgency of digital preservation, according to a study by Portico and Ithaka.

Seal sets standards for open-access journals

19 May 2008
The SPARC Europe Seal for Open Access journals intends to address the confusion that sometimes surrounds the use and reuse of material published in OA journals.

Copyright should be the same for digital media, say researchers

14 April 2008
A British Library survey has revealed that researchers want the same rights with digital information as they have with print

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Teamwork saves review time in neuroscience

6 March 2008

Academics back peer review but want improvements

7 February 2008

Project tackles metadata mess

15 January 2008

Libraries chase digital dream

13 December 2007

Users don't expect social networking from libraries

19 November 2007

Electronic books entice academic librarians

15 October 2007

Open access debate gets personal

7 September 2007

Scholarly publishers snub Microsoft

11 August 2007

E-book strategies confuse users

3 July 2007

Code tackles journal transfer problems

12 June 2007

Latin America provides new publishing opportunities

14 May 2007

Project resolves rights management issues

5 April 2007

Industry groups agree on fundamentals of scholarly communication

6 March 2007

EC outlines information-access plans

20 February 2007

Final versions carry little weight with librarians

30 January 2007