Preservation community calls for action to safeguard information
‘There is an opportunity for Europe and the world. Let’s not wait until the last moment. Our children and grandchildren will be grateful.’These stirring…
December 2008 / January 2009
Extending the power of the ‘simple’ web link
Much is made of the new ideas in Web 2.0. But some of them may not be as new as you might think. At…
Publishers urged to do more to be green
‘Publishing thinks of itself as a benign industry but you only have to visit a pulp factory to see that’s not really the case,’…
New entry tries new publishing model
Bloomsbury is well-known for being the publisher that took a risk on an unknown children’s author, JK Rowling. The risk, of course, paid off,…
Library management systems embrace change
‘We are at a major point of change in the wider information economy within which library systems form part of a larger whole,’ observed…
Growth slows, but new technology holds promise
For many years, the scientific, technical and medical (STM) information market has been seen as a safe haven for investors: most companies in this…
Updated tool helps to organise references
If you have struggled to use the EndNote reference management software in the past, it is worth giving it a second chance. The new…
Social networking has huge potential for science
How is social networking used in research?There has not been much research on this. So far, professional uses of social networking have focused mainly…