Robert Massie wins IPI award
Robert Massie, president of Chemical Abstracts Service, has been awarded the International Patent Information Award 2011 for his 'significant achievements towards the advancement of…
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Putting research data in the cloud
David Utting of JISC shares how money from the Higher Education Funding Council for England is being invested to give opportunities to UK researchers…
Piracy threatens professional book publishers
Simba Information finds that professional book publishers could lose millions in potential revenue through piracy
JournalTOCs service offers free trial
JournalTOCs is offering libraries a free trial of a lightweight scholarly journals tables of contents customisation service
English universities get cloud computing investment
Higher Education Funding Council of England (HEFCE) funds shared services in cloud computing
Projects look at enhancing publications
SURFfoundation of the Netherlands is funding six projects that aim to enhance scholarly publications
SOAP project reveals enthusiasm for open access
Approximately 90 per cent of the 40,000 published scholars who answered the SOAP project online survey said they are convinced that OA journals are…
Europeana plans focus on user experience
Enhancing users' experience will be a specific focus for Europeana over the coming years, according to the strategic plan of the pan-European digital resource
Journal revenues saw three per cent growth last year, says report
The business of scientific, technical, medical, legal and business journals saw three per cent growth in 2010, according to Simba Information's latest report
Medical student association backs open access
The International Federation of Medical Students' Associations is the latest group to join the Right to Research Coalition. Nick Shockey looks at how this…
New platform is positive sign for research
Neil Jacobs of JISC welcomes the news of Nature Publishing Group's new open-access platform and considers what this means for research
Charter guides US public-access approach
A charter within the new America COMPETES Act aims to coordinate Federal agency policies concerning the results of research they fund