Features

The move from print to electronic journals had a dramatic impact on the creators, disseminators and users of this information. But it also affects…

When Andrew Preston and Daniel Johnson were boys riding their bikes and playing football in their home town of Whakatane, New Zealand, they had…

There are many different types of tools and resources for libraries and their users: to find information; to manage information; to purchase it; and,…

Rapid publication is a widely-pursued goal for authors and publishers. However, the review part of the process can take a long time – a…

Unlocking knowledge is an innately rewarding calling for academics, and excellence in research, demonstrated through published work, is the key to academic career advancement.…

Launching a new publisher with a new publishing model opens up opportunities to experiment with new approaches to publishing. This is what seven-year old…

Communication was a big theme at both the ALPSP and STM Frankfurt conferences this year. In both of these publisher meetings  there was a…

Over the past two decades since the development of the web, the library and information profession has changed significantly. Most noticeably, this has been…

Scholarly content – like scholarship itself – comes in many shapes and sizes. The research process involves information from many sources and of many…

Nathan Godfrey, chief operating officer, SoftlinkLibraries are about the value of information in all formats – hardcopy, e-books and journals, audiobooks, multimedia and more.…

Helping researchers to comply with the open-access (OA) requirements of Research Councils UK (RCUK) and the Wellcome Trust poses many challenges for university librarians.…

Serin Dabb, editor, data, Royal Society of Chemistry Broadly speaking, there are two main types of databases that researchers use. Literature databases are used…