The proposed boycott of Nature Publishing Group by the University of California illustrates the plight of cash-strapped libraries worldwide. Rebecca Pool looks for an answer
Journal prices have risen by very different amounts over the past seven years, according to a study by LISU, of Loughborough University, UK.
Librarians dread heavy year-on-year increases in journal prices - but the extent of this issue varies greatly between publishers. Last year Oxford University Press commissioned independent research to discover some of the facts behind journal pricing. Siân Harris reports
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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
Céline Richard explains what the Large Hadron Collider has taught us about the importance of open access research
Ivy Cavendish
Ivy Cavendish tells the inspirational tale behind the formation of a writing tool for researchers, TooWrite
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There is a continuing need for the sorts of insights and judgements that only a person can bring, writes David Stuart
Tasha Mellins-Cohen
COUNTER reports have an integral role to play in our wider scholarly communication system, writes Tasha Mellins-Cohen
Tony Roche
Emerald Publishing CEO Tony Roche talks of his career in scholarly publishing and a love of eastern cuisine
Alicia Wise
Alicia Wise, CLOCKSS executive director, reflects on her career and explains the importance of robustly preserving academic resources
Heather Staines
Heather Staines sums up proceedings at this year's Researcher to Reader conference
