Online access changes citation patterns
Although the internet gives scientists instant access to a wealth of academic journals, recent findings from the University of Chicago, in the USA, indicate…
October/November 2008
Doing right with rights
There is pretty much universal agreement that strict copyright laws with vigorous enforcement are necessary in order to have a viable, sustainable industry to…
Personalising physics publishing with Web 2.0
A tropical island, complete with palm trees, beaches and sunshine is not your typical venue for science conferences. Only in Second Life, the virtual…
From search to discovery
Searching for information in an online collection of unstructured documents is extremely valuable. Examples of such document collections are patent documents, news articles, legal…
Keeping data safe
‘It’s about as exciting as a safe deposit box in a bank but it’s as secure as one too,’ joked Greg Zick as he…
Preserving for future access
Why is preservation important?Libraries often no longer hold copies of materials locally. They are on the publishers’ servers. Libraries and publishers understand how access…