Analysis and opinion

Annual Reviews has just published a white paper into the challenges of information overload and how it is and will be addressed, writes Charlie…

History researchers have a new resource for searching across a wide range of British historical sources. Sharon Howard describes the Connecting Histories project and…

Libraries house vast amounts of unstructured data and this is increasing as user-generated content becomes more important. John Pomeroy reports from the recent MarkLogic…

Technology can help universities reduce costs while retaining strong values, according to discussions at this week's JISC annual conference

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…