Gaining altitude
After learning to fly a plane, and then teaching German business executives to speak English, London Info International’s Philip Ditchfield also worked in pharma and publishing sales
After learning to fly a plane, and then teaching German business executives to speak English, London Info International’s Philip Ditchfield also worked in pharma and publishing sales
For academic libraries, the future is cloud-based. Here, Scott Livingston, OCLC’s executive director for market strategy, shares his outlook – while we look at a new community project to develop a cloud-based library services platform
As the scholarly publishing world adopts altmetrics, the ways in which the data is used are developing fast, reports Rebecca Pool
Publishing platforms are the true drivers of digital content within the scholarly industry. Tim Gillett gets up close
James Gray assesses the situation and how it can be addressed
Matt Balara explains how an established publisher, De Gruyter, completed an extraordinary transformation
From rapid disease information to a way to promote and share regional knowledge in multiple languages, preprints have come into their own in recent years. Siân Harris finds out more
Céline Richard explains what the Large Hadron Collider has taught us about the importance of open access research
Ivy Cavendish tells the inspirational tale behind the formation of a writing tool for researchers, TooWrite
There is a continuing need for the sorts of insights and judgements that only a person can bring, writes David Stuart
COUNTER reports have an integral role to play in our wider scholarly communication system, writes Tasha Mellins-Cohen
Emerald Publishing CEO Tony Roche talks of his career in scholarly publishing and a love of eastern cuisine
Alicia Wise, CLOCKSS executive director, reflects on her career and explains the importance of robustly preserving academic resources
Heather Staines sums up proceedings at this year's Researcher to Reader conference