June/July 2013

Sarah Bartlett reports from OCLC's recent conference about insights from data

Two US universities have recently taken different approaches to implementing discovery tools. Library directors Mary M. Somerville and Kristin Antelman reveal some of their experiences

Faced with a bewildering array of resources from a wide range of sources, it can be hard for a researcher to find the right information. Libraries can help by providing good discovery tools. Sian Harris asked some of the companies that provide such tools about the issues that libraries should consider

Text mining, altmetrics and data sharing are all hot topics today. Sian Harris meets some of the people behind the raft of small technology businesses that collectively make up Digital Science

The vision of an open-data future may still be some way off but David Stuart looks at some of the possibilities and the challenges along the way

Linden Harris discusses the rising popularity of 'Massive Open Online Courses' and how they could change higher education on a global scale