Analysis and opinion

A large-scale investigation into systematic archiving in open-access repositories is coming to an end but publishers seemed more interested in participating than the researchers…

In the early-mid 1980s the young Andy Richardson was honing his skills as a 'bedroom programmer'. Three decades on, his company Influential Software helps…

Tom Wilkie reports back on discussions about e-textbooks at the London Book Fair

A new JISC report argues that current copyright law limits the possibilities of text mining for unlocking science

Sian Harris finds out why a treaty on intellectual property and digital rights is causing widespread protests

A recent focus group of postgraduate students has given publishers insight into how postgraduate students use digital and print resources, writes Jenny Kedros

Apple's recent announcements about its tools for interactive textbooks take the company deeper into the world of e-books. Andrew Williams looks at what the…

Sometimes libraries are perceived as resistant to change but in fact they are often at the forefront of innovation, argues Ben Showers of JISC

Swets and Mendeley have struck a partnership that will integrate the details of institutional library holdings with the Mendeley tool for organising research resources,…

Matthew Dovey examines the rise in academic geo-apps and the value of crowd sourcing in gathering data for research

Editor Sian Harris spoke about changes in the scholarly publishing industry at Online Information 2011. Read the slides from her talk

Scholarly publishers have many discussions about potential disruption to the industry but what role are researchers playing in industry changes? More than we might…