Are ‘predatory’ publishers an American export?
So-called 'predatory' publishers can be a thorn in the side for advocates of gold open access but does the stereotype of such publishers present…
Analysis and opinion
Designing researcher-centric library services
Roger Schonfeld of Ithaka and Ben Showers of Jisc report on a study of how libraries can better support chemists and other researchers
Research suggests importance of elite journals is declining
The proportion of the top papers that appear in elite journals has fallen since the late 1980s and early 1990s, according to a new…
SPOTLIGHT: Librarian boosts university reputation … on the quiz circuit
The final of the BBC quiz programme University Challenge will be broadcast in the UK next Monday. Alongside the knowledge and expertise of the…
Openness debate follows Mendeley acquisition
Elsevier has bought Mendeley. Sian Harris investigates why the companies have chosen to join forces and how the research community is responding
Sunny start for Europeana Cloud
A new project is looking at the use of cloud-based infrastructure to underpin Europe's information, write Friedel Grant and Susan Reilly
Dynamic data presents a world of possibilities
Sarah Bartlett reports from OCLC's recent conference about data
Making discoveries at discovery meeting
Neil Grindley reports from the recent Jisc Discovery Summit 2013 and the parallel discussions on Twitter
Tracking research across the fields
Balviar Notay and Neil Jacobs unveil a way to help repositories improve metadata and how they track research outputs
Drive to gold increases need for APC management
As the gold open-access model gains ground, good management of article processing charges will be increasingly important for institutions, writes Ellen Collins
Is cloud storage the answer to preservation?
As the costs of long-term digital preservation climb, cloud storage doesn't look set to bring them down, reports Rebecca Pool
Five trends for 2013
George Lossius considers five trends for academic publishing in 2013