There is plenty of talk about outsourcing publishing services but what does it involve and who does it? We talk to Gurvinder Barta, chief technologist of USA/India-based Aptara, which serves many well-known publishers
Keeping libraries relevant to users was a key theme for speakers at the recent Online Information event, as Siân Harris discovered
Gary Coker shares what MetaPress has learned about user search trends
Swets is taking a new approach to addressing customer needs, writes Sian Harris
John Murphy gets to know Maney Publishing
Researchers use a bewildering array of tools to find the information they need. David Mort and James Brown examine a new report that sheds light on how these tools are used and perceived
Information professionals are satisfied to offer their researchers anything that has been peer-reviewed, according to a recent study. Siân Harris finds out more
Information about intellectual property can be a vital resource for researchers as well as for lawyers, writes Bob Stembridge of Thomson Scientific
Interviews for this article have been adapted from recent PhaidraCon roundtable events and from upcoming 2023 editions of EpistemiCast
Patrick Hargitt explains why 2022 became the year that accessibility got serious
Joseph Koivisto and Jordan Sly from the University of Maryland discuss the implications of the publications-as-data model
Despite the collective and decisive step changes in enabling the transition to open access this year, we should not be complacent, writes Susie Winter
Thomas Shaw and Andrew Barker from Lancaster University Library discuss the realities, challenges and future impact of open access in the research community
It’s not a question of if, but how. The future of scholarly publishing is open, yet the debate on how to accelerate the growth of open access continues
