Analysis and opinion

The New Journal of Physics has recently launched video abstracts. Tim Smith explains why

David Utting of JISC shares how money from the Higher Education Funding Council for England is being invested to give opportunities to UK researchers…

Friedel Grant looks at some new initiatives that increase access to the treasures of art galleries, libraries and museums around the world

The International Federation of Medical Students' Associations is the latest group to join the Right to Research Coalition. Nick Shockey looks at how this…

Neil Jacobs of JISC welcomes the news of Nature Publishing Group's new open-access platform and considers what this means for research

Torsten Reimer of JISC looks at the potential of cloud computing in research

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…

Efficiency must not come at the cost of effectiveness was the message coming out of the recent JISC research conference, writes Matthew Dovey and…

John Latham of Coventry University describes a new network to help academic and commercial researchers exchange information about measurement

Shortly after Jeff Stewart reviewed the benefits of Google Wave in the AugSep10 issue of Research Information the search engine giant announced it was…

A culture of sharing gives students more access to both inspiring research and high-quality teaching, writes David Kernohan of JISC

Collaborating on ways to organise and share information can help the research community to innovate, writes Sarah Porter, head of innovation at JISC