Annual Reviews has just published a white paper into the challenges of information overload and how it is and will be addressed, writes Charlie Rapple
Analysis & opinion
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 UK summit about some of the challenges and opportunities with this type of information
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 to store their data
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 coalition is gathering momentum
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 a look at the slides from the talk
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
John Latham of Coventry University describes a new network to help academic and commercial researchers exchange information about measurement