We ask Victor Henning, one of the founders and directors of Mendeley, about the reference management start-up
David Stuart reports back from a meeting in London to explore the opportunities of linking data on the web
Joachim Schöpfel and Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri report back from a recent symposium on assessing online usage of academic resources held in Lille, France
Bob Campbell of Wiley-Blackwell reveals how the role of society publishers has changed and why many are turning to larger commercial partners
Siân Harris asks some of the people involved in publishing, licensing and distributing electronic books about the latest trends in devices, formats and business models
After the two-year long e-book observatory project, JISC's Caren Milloy reports on a new project to investigate the best business models for e-books and their potential impact on print sales
The humanities and social sciences have been reluctant to adopt open-access publishing, but change is afoot, reports Rebecca Pool
The Dutch higher education sector is convinced of the need for open access, writes Annemiek van der Kuil of SURFshare in a report from a recent seminar in the Netherlands
Siân Harris discovers how Elsevier's online product-development communities are encouraging networking and discussions about scholarly publishing
Wayne Sime discusses his hopes for the future of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
From bypassing aggregators to the influx of new university presses, the world of library-based publishing is changing fast, reports Rebecca Pool
Vivek Mehra explains how the English language is dominating global communication and changing school structure
Chris Smith
Chris Smith explains why they matter, and how publishers and universities can benefit
Rossana Morriello
Rossana Morriello assesses the ways in which librarians are supporting research in Italy
Nandita Quaderi – editor-in-chief of the Web of Science – champions objectivity, selectivity, and data integrity
This article was jointly written by Andrea Chiarelli (pictured), Juliane Kant and Birgit Schmidt on behalf of Knowledge Exchange. Andrea Chiarelli is a consultant at Research Consulting. Juliane Kant is partner representative for the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) in Knowledge Exchange. Birgit Schmidt is head of knowledge commons at Göttingen State and University Library.
Active engagement and collaboration are needed to deliver the promise of preprints, writes Andrea Chiarelli
