A semantic approach
TEMIS has recently launched the latest version of its Luxid product for semantic enrichment. Eric Brégand, chief executive officer of the company, tells us how this can help publishers
TEMIS has recently launched the latest version of its Luxid product for semantic enrichment. Eric Brégand, chief executive officer of the company, tells us how this can help publishers
The Geological Society of London has contributed its geological maps to Geofacets, Elsevier's tool that brings scholarly research resources to the oil and gas industry. Sian Harris finds out why
Sian Harris reports back from the ALPSP annual conference in September on discussions about the future of the scholarly publishing industry
Sian Harris looks at the dawn of a new era in the story of university presses - the cross-press platform
In 2006 when Charlie Rapple last wrote for us about Web 2.0, the term was new and rather mysterious. Five years on, it's become part of the strategy of many scholarly publishers. She shares some tips about how to make best use of what this technology offers
Developments in the internet are enabling new approaches to access, peer review and even changing the ways our brains work. Sian Harris reports back from the STM Frankfurt meeting
The release of EPUB 3 was one of the big news announcements of the Frankfurt Book Fair. Sian Harris reports back from the fair on what this might mean
A project to help digital repositories control and make money from their digital assets has attracted funding from the UK government
As the role of social networking grows in research and publishing David Stuart takes a look at Google Plus and what it promises
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 explains why they matter, and how publishers and universities can benefit
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