New platform is positive sign for research
News that one of the top scientific publishers, Nature Publishing Group (NPG), is to launch an open-access platform has been received well by researchers.…
February/March 2011
‘Libraries should open up data’
‘The library ecosystem is somewhat stagnant and the threshold for innovation is really high,’ stated Martin Malmsten, senior developer, National Library of Sweden, in…
Rethinking the journal article
In 2009 Elsevier’s Cell Press division began to push the boundaries of the journal concept when it announced its ‘article of the future’ approach…
Patent resources take on Asian challenge
‘Asian patent information is not just interesting, it is critical. Researchers around the world cannot afford to ignore this growing hotbed of innovation,’ says…
Agents help digital processes run smoothly
Every year libraries obtain content from hundreds of publishers, and publishers sell material to thousands of libraries around the world. To aggregate and simplify…
From librarian to information consultant
Last November more than 200 delegates met together at the Pharma-Bio-Med meeting in Seville, Spain, to discuss the role of information professionals in a…
Web-scale aggregation promises to unlock libraries’ potential
In 1969, Frederick Gridley Kilgour, founder and first president of OCLC, suggested that ‘application of computation to effect economies will not be enough. Only…
Working with changing patterns
What changes have you seen in information for research?The core content needs of researchers today have not significantly changed over time. Researchers still need…