Integrating business models
9 February 2012
Sven Fund is managing director of De Gruyter. We asked him about the company's recent purchase of Versita, open-access plans and internationalisation of content
February/March 2012
Archive makes out-of-print books available
9 February 2012
Springer is digitising its archive of books. Siân Harris finds out what the publisher is doing and what challenges it faces with this large-scale task
Chinese innovation takes country to top of patent lists
9 February 2012
A new report from Thomson Reuters reveals the dramatic growth in Chinese patents. Siân Harris finds out what this means for patent information
Information needs can't be generalised
9 February 2012
Siân Harris finds out what some of the key information issues are for librarians and researchers across Asia
Research resources move into the classroom
9 February 2012
The boundaries between the primary sources used for research and the materials for teaching are being broken down. Seth Cayley of Cengage reveals the unexpected level of interest in the Times Digital Archive for teaching
Deciphering student search behaviour
9 February 2012
A new study reveals how students conceal their real search strategies from their tutors. Sarah Bartlett reports
From economic challenges to efficiency and innovation
9 February 2012
Siân Harris reports on some of the trends in the industry and considers what we can expect from 2012
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Antonia Seymour, chief executive at IOP Publishing, and Andrew Barker, director of library services and learning development at Lancaster University, talk about hybrid working and re-thinking how we work
David Stuart writes: are new ways of measuring research are providing a more realistic picture of scholarly communication?
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Siân Harris looks at what role cloud-based services play in libraries today, their benefits and limitations and what challenges remain
Charlie Rapple
Kudos co-founder Charlie Rapple explains her passion for accelerating the dissemination – and impact – of science
Sowmya Swaminathan
Sowmya Swaminathan discusses the implications for publishers in helping to foster open research practices
Nandita Quaderi
Nandita Quaderi explains how Covid-19 continues to affect the citation network, and introduces a new kind of citation distortion
Oluchi Ojinamma Okere
Oluchi Ojinamma Okere outlines how researchers in sub-Saharan countries are being hamstrung by economics
Helen Lippell
Helen Lippell explains why organisations should learn more about taxonomies, ontologies and metadata - and describes her love of a good quiz
Mark Hahnel
Figshare founder Mark Hahnel describes the company's beginnings and raison d’être – and his wider hopes for scholarly communications
Miriam Maus
If scientists are successful, we are successful, writes Miriam Maus, publishing director at IOP Publishing
