Technology can help universities reduce costs while retaining strong values, according to discussions at this week's JISC annual conference
Analysis & opinion
17 March 2011
The New Journal of Physics has recently launched video abstracts. Tim Smith explains why
02 March 2011
David Utting of JISC shares how money from the Higher Education Funding Council for England is being invested to give opportunities to UK researchers to store their data
15 February 2011
Friedel Grant looks at some new initiatives that increase access to the treasures of art galleries, libraries and museums around the world
19 January 2011
The International Federation of Medical Students' Associations is the latest group to join the Right to Research Coalition. Nick Shockey looks at how this coalition is gathering momentum
12 January 2011
Neil Jacobs of JISC welcomes the news of Nature Publishing Group's new open-access platform and considers what this means for research
21 December 2010
Torsten Reimer of JISC looks at the potential of cloud computing in research
03 December 2010
Research Information editor Sian Harris spoke about 'Trends in e-books for research' in a seminar at the recent Online Information event in London. Take a look at the slides from the talk
29 October 2010
Efficiency must not come at the cost of effectiveness was the message coming out of the recent JISC research conference, writes Matthew Dovey and Nicola Yeeles
03 September 2010
John Latham of Coventry University describes a new network to help academic and commercial researchers exchange information about measurement
20 August 2010
Shortly after Jeff Stewart reviewed the benefits of Google Wave in the AugSep10 issue of Research Information the search engine giant announced it was dropping the tool. We ask what the implications are for developers
20 August 2010
A culture of sharing gives students more access to both inspiring research and high-quality teaching, writes David Kernohan of JISC
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