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The economic climate was a common topic of conversation at the Online Information show in London in December. Companies did not readily admit to…

Just a few years ago, open-access (OA) publishing was regarded as a fringe activity by the big publishers. Since then, however, companies have slowly…

Traditionally, attending a conference has meant travelling to another part of the world and then spending several days listening to presentations and socialising with…

We all know how quickly modern technologies become obsolete. Think (with nostalgia) about the piles of abandoned floppy disks that new laptops no longer…

China was the buzzword amongst patent professionals and patent information providers at the Online Information show in December. This mood was captured on the…

Webster’s dictionary defines “breakthrough” as ‘a sudden advance, especially in knowledge or technique.’ Any researcher, however, can tell you that there is nothing “sudden”…

Lisa G Dunn is responsible for providing reference and instruction services to approximately 4,000 students, faculty and researchers. She is head of reference at…

‘There is an opportunity for Europe and the world. Let’s not wait until the last moment. Our children and grandchildren will be grateful.’These stirring…

‘Publishing thinks of itself as a benign industry but you only have to visit a pulp factory to see that’s not really the case,’…

Bloomsbury is well-known for being the publisher that took a risk on an unknown children’s author, JK Rowling. The risk, of course, paid off,…