Searching for science
19 October 2007
John Murphy profiles Elsevier's free science search engine, Scirus
Wayne Sime discusses his hopes for the future of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
October/November 2007
Taking the web seriously
19 October 2007
Isidro Aguillo explains how university websites can be compared and why this gives meaningful insight into the institutions research output
Particle physicists push for publishing changes
19 October 2007
The high-energy physics community wants all of its published research to be freely available to everybody. Jens Vigen reports on how a radical new initiative hopes to achieve this
Conference archiving reveals hidden research
19 October 2007
Archiving presentations from meetings can open up access to cutting-edge research and educational resources, writes Joshua Illig
Open-access debate gets personal
19 October 2007
Tensions between advocates and opponents of open access increase with the launch of a new partnership that is aimed at protecting the integrity of scientific research, reports Nadya Anscombe
Latest issue
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
