Olaf Ernst, Springer's president of eProduct management and innovation, talks about some of the new developments in electronic publishing
Lisa Jeskins and Bethan Ruddock describe a free tool that enables users to search the UK's national and academic libraries
Siân Harris finds out about a new social network to help physicists work together and share information
John Murphy discovers how HighWire provides technology and community to more than 140 publishers
Information professional Hervé Basset shares his observations about the role of Web 2.0 technology in science intelligence in industry
With the current enthusiasm for anything '2.0', David Stuart asks what it will take to change the way that academics work
Arnaud Pellé of Emerald Group Publishing takes a look at the history of e-books and what their future holds
Charlie Rapple (right) reports on proposals to improve the accuracy and completeness of the data supplied to knowledge bases
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
