Features

Humanities and Social Sciences
Transition time for HSS
30 July 2015

Sharon Davies discovers some of the recent developments, challenges and emerging trends around Humanities and Social Sciences research

INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES
Repository revolution
30 July 2015

As institutional repositories evolve, library publishers and university presses worldwide are using the systems to publish research papers and more. What will be the impact on traditional publishing models? Rebecca Pool investigates

SEMANTIC ENRICHMENT
From documents to data
30 July 2015

The rapid growth of digital information has led to rising interest in new approaches to information retrieval and discovery, writes David Stuart

Focus on Africa
Global challenges, local knowledge
30 July 2015

From the environment to gender studies, there is plenty of research taking place across Africa into issues that impact local people. Sian Harris looks at some of the challenges and opportunities for the continent's researchers

Focus on Africa
Female researchers
30 July 2015

Researchers face many challenges but in some places these challenges can be more pronounced for female researchers because of additional cultural and other pressures. Four researchers who joined INASP staff at the recent Gender Summit Africa meeting in South Africa share their stories

Focus on Africa
African pride
30 July 2015

South African journal publisher NISC is proud of its strapline "Publishing Africa's Research", says managing director Mike Schramm

Focus on Africa
Online resource enhances Botswana research
30 July 2015

Naniki Maphakwane, library manager at Botswana College of Distance and Open Learning, describes how ProQuest has been working with the Botswana Libraries Consortium to provide valuable research tools

Focus on Africa
All hail the pop up library
30 July 2015

Sarah Glazer introduces Libraries Without Borders, which is having a huge impact on learning in the developing world

Analysis & News
Accelerating the advance of scholarly communications
01 June 2015

Amy Bourke rounds up proceedings at the STM Annual US Conference, held in Washington DC, USA, in April

Analysis & News
Academia on the rise at Olympia
01 June 2015

London Book Fair had an extra focus on academic publishing this year. Here, we report on some of the highlights from Olympia

Education information
Long live the MOOC
01 June 2015

As digital technologies re-shape traditional teaching methods in higher education, the MOOC is finding its feet, reports Rebecca Pool

Publishing metrics
Rising metrics need to go deeper
01 June 2015

Interest in new metrics to demonstrate the impact of research has grown rapidly over recent years, and shows no sign of slowing down,writes David Stuart

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