Unlocking unstructured data
17 August 2011
With unstructured information volumes growing fast, John Pomeroy, vice president - Europe of MarkLogic believes it is important for organisations to use it to gain new insight
August/September 2011
Public more concerned about quality than access
17 August 2011
Sense about Science aims to help the public understand scientific results. Sian Harris asked Leonor Sierra of the organisation about how important open access is to the general public
Passing on the knowledge
17 August 2011
Lenny Rhine teaches researchers in developing countries how to use the wealth of free resources made available through the Research4Life programmes. Sian Harris found out about some of his latest activities
A family firm
17 August 2011
Knut Dorn has announced his retirement later this year as senior managing partner and director of sales for the bookseller and subscription agent Harrassowitz. He told Sian Harris about the company's remarkable history
Mobile access gathers momentum
17 August 2011
Apps and mobile versions of websites are springing up everywhere in the scholarly publishing industry. Publishers and library management system suppliers reveal some of the latest trends. Interviews by Rebecca Pool and Sian Harris
Anticipating OA growth
17 August 2011
Jason Wilde of Nature Publishing Group reveals some of the challenges of the open-access publishing model for journals with high rejection rates
An exciting mix
17 August 2011
Alicia Wise has been a researcher, worked with JISC in negotiating access deals and now works for Elsevier. She shares her experiences of access to research resources in these different roles
The lone publisher - in search of silver
17 August 2011
John Murphy shares his experiences of attempting to launch an open-access journal
Semantic searching can help patients with healthcare information
17 August 2011
Boosting 'findability' is vital for medical professionals and researchers to uncover knowledge for the benefit of patients, writes Jeremy Bentley of Smartlogic
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