August/September 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

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

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

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

Jason Wilde of Nature Publishing Group reveals some of the challenges of the open-access publishing model for journals with high rejection rates

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

John Murphy shares his experiences of attempting to launch an open-access journal

Boosting 'findability' is vital for medical professionals and researchers to uncover knowledge for the benefit of patients, writes Jeremy Bentley of Smartlogic