Infrastructure supports access to data
The amount of research data and the possibilities of using it in new ways are growing enormously. Jeremy Sharp of JANET(UK) reveals what today's…
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Research Information speaks on e-books for scholarly research
Research Information editor Sian Harris spoke about 'E-books for scholarly research' at the recent E-books and E-content 2011 conference at University College London
Digitisation partners optimistic despite copyright issues
Tom Wilkie reports from London Book Fair 2011 on Google's book digitisation programme and the impact of the recent US Court decision
Information overload will prompt behaviour change
Annual Reviews has just published a white paper into the challenges of information overload and how it is and will be addressed, writes Charlie…
Digitisation project connects history
History researchers have a new resource for searching across a wide range of British historical sources. Sharon Howard describes the Connecting Histories project and…
Unstructured information presents new opportunities for libraries
Libraries house vast amounts of unstructured data and this is increasing as user-generated content becomes more important. John Pomeroy reports from the recent MarkLogic…
Emerging countries take on traditional science bases
China, Brazil, India and other countries are rivaling traditional "scientific superpowers" in scientific output, according to a new report from the Royal Society, the…
FreePint report looks at managing copyright
A new report by FreePint Research into managing copyright has concluded that information managers have been successful in communicating about copyright risk and raising…
Investment in cloud computing is needed, says JISC executive secretary
JISC executive secretary Malcolm Read has called for more investment in cloud computing
Financial challenges, digital opportunities
Technology can help universities reduce costs while retaining strong values, according to discussions at this week's JISC annual conference
Data storage is important issue for researchers
Researchers want support storing research data, says SURFfoundation study
Collaboration looks at open metadata
OCLC Research and the University of Cambridge are working together on a six-month investigation into the value of making collection metadata openly available in…