Pierre Buffet, executive vice president of Questel, shares his thoughts on what patent information professionals want and how their needs can be met
Social networking, RSS and new open-access options are just some of the developments that have gathered pace in engineering information over the past year, writes librarian Roddy MacLeod
Knovel finds out how its engineering reference resources are being used at The Colorado School of Mines in the USA
The internet opens the door to new information sources but finding the right information can be a challenge, writes Jay Katzen of Elsevier
The number of Chinese patent applications are increasing by around 30 per cent each year. Siân Harris reports back from the Online Information meeting about how patent information providers are helping people around the world to access and use this information
Neil Grindley of JISC describes the importance of preserving digital information and some of the major projects that are helping with this
Siân Harris finds out about some of the latest moves to bring more of the benefits of research meetings online
Last autumn, Springer bought open-access publisher BioMed Central. John Murphy finds out what this means for the companies
What does 2009 hold for scholarly information? Siân Harris reports back from the Online Information show
Esther Harris
Esther Harris explains why publishers need to rethink user experience and experiment relentlessly
Jake Smallridge
More focus needs to be placed on user experience in the field of research, writes Jake Smallridge
Katie Silvester
What to do if your research paper is too long for an article but not long enough for a monograph? Katie Silvester explains
David Myers
David Myers tells us about his new venture, the Data Licensing Alliance, and his adventures in wine-making
Scott Edmunds
Scott Edmunds highlights opportunities to improve the publishing process by improving transparency, accountability and speed
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More and more library publishers are sharing experiences to topple tradition, reports Rebecca Pool
Emma Warren-Jones
Many readers of scholarly literature today are underserved by traditional publishing formats, writes Emma Warren-Jones
Sharing platforms offer effective ways of connecting with researchers and create fertile ground for serendipity, writes Claire Webber
Tamir Borensztajn
Tamir Borensztajn assesses inequity in the research process and ensuring fair access to diverse information
Emily Choynowski
Emily Choynowski surveys the challenges facing academic publishers in the Middle East
Gaia Donati
Delving into physics digital archives provides surprising and inspiring food for thought, writes Gaia Donati
Fiona Hutton
Fiona Hutton, of Cambridge University Press and Assessment, looks back over her career and tells of her love of the wilderness
