Publishers should publicise their value to researchers better, believes Steven Hall, the new managing director of Institute of Physics Publishing
Last year the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) published a study into scholarly books carried out by consultant Laura Cox. Among the many findings, the study revealed that aggregators and e-book vendors were the favoured channels to market for publishers, although publishers' own platforms and those of their hosting company were also well used. Sian Harris asked some e-book providers about the role of aggregators, their relationships with publishers and the business models being used
Researchers and librarians around the world are embracing discovery services. Sian Harris talked to three providers of these tools to find out why they are becoming so popular with libraries and their users
Libraries generate and hold large amounts of data. David Stuart looks at the potential benefits of sharing and allowing people to innovate with it
Technology can help universities reduce costs while retaining strong values, according to discussions at the annual conference of the UK's JISC, which was held in March
The New Journal of Physics has recently launched video abstracts. Tim Smith explains how this will help communicate research
David Utting of JISC shares how £12.5 million from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) is being invested to give opportunities to UK researchers to store, manage and use their data using cloud computing
Friedel Grant looks at some new web-based initiatives that provide virtual access to the treasures of art galleries, libraries and museums around the world
Single sign-on provider OpenAthens announced the winner of its inaugural best publisher user experience (UX) award for 2020 earlier this year
As scholarly publishing communities search for the meaning behind metrics, the need for context is becoming crystal clear, reports Rebecca Pool
In February 160 attendees gathered in London at BMA House for the Fifth Researcher to Reader Conference. Heather Staines reports
Tamir Borensztajn describes attempts to support an open research infrastructure
Mark Carden ponders: does the Covid-19 pandemic mean that the world has changed forever and nothing will be the same again?
Kim Eggleton
Kim Eggleton wonders: how do we solve the problem of diversity in peer review?
Publishing organisations should look to adopt modular infrastructure and modular business models so they can experiment, writes Brian Cody
The pandemic has demonstrated the importance of open access and open science, writes Rossana Morriello
