Understanding tomorrow’s needs
Last year, research that JISC and the British Library commissioned overturned the assumption that the ‘Google Generation’ – made up of people born after…
October/November 2010
Researchers are ready to develop search applications
The continually evolving information landscape has presented an embarrassment of riches over the last few decades – and the scientific community has clearly benefited.…
Unique challenges shape society plans
Society publishers are subject to many of the same pressures as other publishers – falling library budgets, emerging technologies and competition for authors, to…
China presents challenges and opportunities
Nicola Gulley is editorial director of IOP PublishingThe IOP Beijing office opened in July 2000. Our chief representative and editor-in-chief, Mingfang Lu, has been…
RDF triples make web connections
At the beginning of 2010, when the UK government opened up its one-stop portal for government data (data.gov.uk) it didn’t just link to data…
Web Publisher gets to the heart of obesity
The UK’s National Heart Forum (NHF) is an alliance of over 60 national organisations working to reduce the risk of coronary disease and related…
New life for old resources
What does your job involve?I am part of the New Directions Group, which was set up two and a half years ago in recognition…