Users doubt benefits of consolidation
Consolidation has been a key feature of the STM information market in recent years. While there are still many small publishers of STM information,…
September/ October 2004
Interactive peer review enhances journal quality
There are many good reasons for providing open access to scientific publications (economic, educational, and scientific aspects). Some of the most important advantages of…
When business and library training meet
All libraries are important resources and exist to make what they have available to anyone who needs them. But some libraries are also repositories…
Consolidation strikes the patent industry
Two years ago, the Canadian electronic publishing giant Thomson lost a battle with its much smaller US rival, MicroPatent, to acquire the sophisticated patent…
Partners go Dutch to preserve the minutes of science
Recent reports that our digital family photographs, carefully burned on to CD-ROMs, can in fact become unreadable and corrupt after a few years has…
Flourishing from complexity
'Only two groups are really secure in their roles in the publishing supply chain and they are the authors and the users,' believes Ian…