Web technologies offer researchers new ways to find and use information but publishers need to innovate to help them, believes John Haynes, vice president of publishing at the American Institute of Physics (AIP)
In October 2009, Nature Publishing Group (NPG) launched a new service to allow remote searching of the nature.com platform via nature.com OpenSearch. We ask Tony Hammond, application architect at NPG, what the new service is all about
Jelena Katic of Sciyo reveals why the company will be paying authors when their open-access monographs are downloaded
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has launched a digital archive of the Financial Times newspaper. Siân Harris found out what newspaper archives offer to researchers
Open data and open APIs offer huge opportunities for research and innovation, writes Elsevier's Rafael Sidi
The survival of traditional publishers in a rapidly-evolving environment will depend on their ability to identify what their customers most need, and keep delivering this, writes Melinda Kenneway of TBI Communications
The latest developments in web technology will undoubtedly continue to
affect libraries. David Stuart looks at some of the technology on the horizon
Data sharing on virtual servers can aid collaboration and help universities cut costs and carbon emissions, writes JISC's James Farnhill
Discussions about the potential of electronic books were enthusiastic despite near-term challenges at the recent Online Information show in London, as Tom Wilkie and Siân Harris discovered
Siân Harris reports back from the Online Information conference that was held in London in December
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
Chris Smith explains why they matter, and how publishers and universities can benefit
Rossana Morriello
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
