Earlier this year Collexis launched its first social networking site, BiomedExperts.com. The company's chief operating officer, Steve Leicht,tells us how such sites can help research
Mhari Duncan believes that the new EndNote X2 from Thomson Reuters has many advantages over previous versions
Annual growth in the European STM information market has dropped to 4.6 per cent. Market analyst David Mort looks at some of the trends over the past year
Integration, usability and good discovery tools are some of the requirements of modern library management systems, as their providers
tell Siân Harris
Bloomsbury is launching an open-access monograph imprint, writes John Murphy
Environmental responsibility is becoming a big issue for publishers. Siân Harris reports on some of the green ideas at the ALPSP conference
When it comes to linking in future web systems, people should look to the past, according to Geoffrey Bilder's presentation at the recent ALPSP conference in Old Windsor, UK
Siân Harris reports from the iPRES 2008 conference
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
