Industry tackles polarisation in access debate
Discussions about open access (OA) to scholarly information tend to be characterised by disagreement. Subscription publishers might argue against OA being a viable business…
December 2009/January 2010
Data-sharing culture has changed
‘Scientists would rather share their toothbrush than their data!’ Few academics today would agree with Carole Goble’s purposeful misquote from 2006 – especially as…
Untangling digital rights
‘The anti-copyright case is very seductive and populist. The pro-copyright message is much more difficult to make,’ observed Mark Bide. He was speaking in…
Programming skills could transform librarians’ roles
Recent ICT innovations have led to the reappraisal of our understanding of library and information services. The traditional vision of the library as a…
Conference brings OA community together
In September, 2009 the First Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP) was held in Lund, Sweden. This event was co-hosted by the Lund…
We need to convince the taxpayer
Ask scientists who they most need to impress, and only a few will come up with this answer: the taxpayer.If scientists can’t make the…
Information integration may not be enough
It is no secret that academic libraries are struggling with finding ways to bring the Google generation of students to discover the value of…
Marketing to readers
Why did you start Versita?Versita was formed in 2001 and started operations in 2002. In my view the publicising of research in eastern Europe…