Balancing money and mission
2 February 2015
After a career at Oxford University Press, Mandy Hill has "switched sides", and is now managing director for academic publishing at Cambridge University Press. We caught up with her at Frankfurt Book Fair
February/March 2015
What`s in a name?
2 February 2015
Delegates at IPI Confex will hear about the latest efforts to standardise at least one part of the patent application process. Tim Gillett reports
Preparing for impact
2 February 2015
Global use of institutional repositories is on the rise - but the trend is not without its challenges, writes Nadya Anscombe
Preserving progress for future generations
2 February 2015
As organisations race to meet today`s digital preservation challenges, are uncertainties over cost and necessity still stifling progress? Rebecca Pool finds out
Subscribing to a changing world
2 February 2015
The last year has been an eventful one for subscription agents. Sharon Davies reports on the latest trends and developments
Peer review under pressure?
2 February 2015
Recent years have seen significant challenges for the world of peer review, with increasing pressures on editors tasked with finding trusted and reliable reviewers - and growing concerns about the incidence of peer review fraud and retractions resulting from this. Here, five companies developing editorial and peer review systems tell us how they are facing the future
Still a long way to go for OA?
2 February 2015
Lorraine Estelle, executive director for digital resources and divisional CEO of Jisc Collections, considers the costs associated with the spread of open access
Librarians prevalent in use of social media
2 February 2015
Jodie Bell of Taylor & Francis asks: how important is social media as a communication tool?
Working together at the tipping point
2 February 2015
We are moving towards an educational era of choice over tradition, convenience over perfection, self-service over predefined options, writes Fiona Leslie, EMEA marketing manager at OCLC
Latest issue
Manisha Bolina and Heather Staines
Manisha Bolina and Heather Staines share some insights about looking for scholarly communications positions in a pandemic
Many libraries have had to strengthen their digital presence to survive, especially over the last 12 months, writes Cintia Dabes
The pandemic has provided a tantalising glimpse of the potential of open educational resources. Rebecca Pool asks: will they become our new normal?
You could do worse than to follow the advice of an iconic 90’s rapper, writes Susie Winter
Library search tools and services have a bright future – if they can support users in their preferred workflows, writes Matthew Hayes
Jason Priem tells of his hopes for a ‘long-overdue’ change in academic publishing
Sam Herbert
Sam Herbert, co-founder of 67 Bricks, casts his eye over the industry – and tells of his early love of surfing
We should meet users’ needs, no matter who they are, where they are from, or which language they speak, writes Ashleigh Faith
Tim Lloyd
Measuring the impact of open access agreements is critical for developing sustainable business models, writes Tim Lloyd
