Semantic searching can help patients with healthcare information
The understanding and interpretation of information, quickly and in context, is essential for clear communication. Nowhere is this more important than in the healthcare…
August/September 2011
The lone publisher – in search of silver
The open-access (OA) model is well established in scientific, technical and medical publishing. Organisations that fund research are prepared to pay for the results…
An exciting mix
I believe that access is incredibly important to all of academia and society. As an academic archaeologist, I used to be both frustrated and…
Anticipating OA growth
We see open access as a growing part of NPG’s business. We have embraced the OA debate as a natural consequence of new technologies,…
Mobile access gathers momentum
Dan Pollock, director, and Tom Scott, head of platform, Nature.comThe trial of the nature.com iPhone app finished last year, and researchers have since been…
A family firm
On the wall of Knut Dorn’s office hangs a collection of letters. The letters are from customers and mark significant points in the history…
Passing on the knowledge
Lenny Rhine is a well-travelled man. Since taking early retirement from his position as a medical librarian at the University of Florida he has…
Public more concerned about quality than access
One of the frequent arguments in the open-access debate is the need for public access to research results. The case seems compelling, especially when…
Unlocking unstructured data
What does MarkLogic do?MarkLogic is a database designed for unstructured information. If you look at what people do with information it bears little relation…