Finland’s information backbone
What is the role of Finland’s national library?National libraries play different roles in different countries. As with many other national libraries, we have an…
Interviews
Licences are valuable tools
What is the role of PLS in the industry?We are involved in collective licensing and form a single point of contact for publishers across…
Simplicity and complexity
What trends have you seen?The ways that people search are changing. At one end of the spectrum, there is the desire for simplification with…
Technology helps users get more from patent information
What do patent information users need?A patent is the link between R&D and the legal processes. This defines the players: researchers, IP professionals or…
Social networking has huge potential for science
How is social networking used in research?There has not been much research on this. So far, professional uses of social networking have focused mainly…
Preserving for future access
Why is preservation important?Libraries often no longer hold copies of materials locally. They are on the publishers’ servers. Libraries and publishers understand how access…
Chasing the long tail
What trends have you observed?AJ: Three years ago what we sold was about a third print only, a third electronic only and a third…
Publishing should help research
What are the main information needs for researchers?There is an expectation that there will be more and more information out there and researchers want…
Chemistry is core to science
What is the role of peer-reviewed literature in chemistry?As in all the sciences, peer review is really the standard that researchers expect. As electronic…
Making sense of data
What does the OECD publish?EG: The OECD was built to foster international cooperation. We act as a facilitator, working with national experts. We have…
Different libraries, same issues
How was your time as CILIP president?The past eight months have been fantastic. This role gives a reason to get involved in everything that…
Libraries on the agenda
What are your plans for IFLA?My presidential theme is ‘libraries on the agenda’. That doesn’t mean just talking to people in the cultural or…