Launched in 2005, Portico has now attracted an impressive number of publisher and library partners. Executive director Eileen Fenton tells us why preserving information is important
Siân Harris checks out the latest OCLC archive service
Mark Johns, president of USA-based Littlearth, investigates different ways of searching for information and argues that a 'discovery engine' approach is sometimes best
Podcasts, blogs, social networks and Second Life...David Robson investigates how physics publishing is reacting to Web 2.0
If copyright isn't too complicated, then users are happy to comply, discovered John Murphy, when he spoke to the USA-based Copyright Clearance Center
A US study reveals that fewer papers are being cited than in the days before the internet, while another concludes that making articles open access does not change their citation count. Rebecca Pool and Siân Harris report.
Wayne Sime discusses his hopes for the future of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
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
