Organisers of the Internet Librarian International (ILI) event in London later this year have announced the keynote speaker: Kate Torney, CEO of Australia’s oldest and busiest library the State Library of Victoria
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News
24 May 2017
Alternative metrics provider Altmetric has awarded its annual research grant for 2017 to Evan Goldstein, a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Geological Sciences at the The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
23 May 2017
Matti Shem Tov, president of Ex Libris, is to succeed Kurt Sanford as CEO of ProQuest
Features
29 March 2017
It’s crucial that developing-country researchers are not forgotten, writes Andy Nobes
28 March 2017
From pilots to practice, more and more publishers are warming to open peer review, reports Rebecca Pool
24 March 2017
Cartoon abstracts are a very effective way to bring research to life, writes Daniel Pullin
06 March 2017
Subscription agents: Rebecca Pool asks who will survive the seismic shifts in scholarly publishing circles
03 March 2017
Sara Uhac reveals the motivations and challenges involved with being an open-access book publisher
01 December 2016
From clarity to confusion, Rebecca Pool looks at the highs and lows of data sharing in scholarly publishing
Webcasts
02 December 2014
Dr Christopher Marker, will discuss Inspec, the indexing database of scientific and technical literature, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and the depth of its extensive coverage within physics, computing and engineering
Analysis & opinion
16 May 2017
Generation X is now – and publishers and technology providers must deliver new products faster, writes Anne Stone
11 May 2017
What happens when librarians are asked to share their thoughts with academic publishers? That was the question behind research carried out in advance of the UKSG conference in April this year, write Bernie Folan and Claire Grace
05 May 2017
It remains a surprising fact to many that most open access publishers do not charge article processing charges, writes Liz Allen
Interviews
27 March 2017
Judy Verses is executive vice president for research at John Wiley and Sons
03 March 2017
Richard Bevan, CEO at Emerald Publishing, reflects on the company’s 50 years in scholarly communications
Events
Wrocław, Poland
19 August 2017 to 25 August 2017
Viewpoint
24 April 2017
The current approach to peer review training is flawed and it’s crippling researcher development and scholarly communication. Publons, the network of expert peer reviewers, has developed an innovative online program for institutions to tackle this
29 March 2017
So close, and yet so far. Is that how many documents seem to you? Getting what you want – when, where, and how you want it – can be a real pain. That’s why we created a concise guide to getting around the obstacles that stand between you and the information your organization needs.
Products
Figshare, an online digital repository for academic research, has launched a tool that enables authors to share their research outputs more efficiently during the publishing process.
Springer Nature is the first publisher to pilot this new data submission portal and has worked closely with Figshare to build a customised service to support open research. The tool will reduce the amount of information authors must complete to share data supporting their publications.
Recommended, a service which connects the research community with the most relevant content, has been launched by Springer Nature. The company says the service has been developed in response to the extensive and rapid increase in published research which makes it difficult for researchers to keep up to date with developments in their specific fields.