First organisations endorse KBART recommendations
The American Institute of Physics, Ex Libris, Serials Solutions and OCLC are the first organisations have endorsed the Phase I recommendations of the KBART…
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Digital time capsule hidden in Swiss Alps
The Planets project has deposited a time capsule containing a record of the 'Digital Genome' inside Swiss Fort Knox - a high security digital…
Putting ‘brainware’ first
How to put the right technology at the heart of education and research was the theme of this year's JISC annual conference
Google Books settlement could violate international law
The proposed Google Books settlement could violate international laws and treaties, argues new analysis from the Open Book Alliance
Research institutions back US open-access bill
The provosts and presidents of 27 major private and public research institutions in the USA have voiced their support for the new Federal Research…
Be part of the conversation
Researchers are increasingly turning to social tools to help in their research. Lawrie Phipps examines what this could mean for researchers and students
Pressure to publish impacts research quality
The growing pressure to produce publishable results can adversely impact the quality of scientific research, according to new EU-funded research published in the journal…
Research reveals high level of unpublished clinical data
Research in the journal Trials reveals that nearly 20 per cent of clinical trials into strokes are not published in full
Untangling Europe’s digital rights
Tom Wilkie reports back from the London Book Fair, where rights management was a hot topic for discussion
Project studies mobile digital publishing in education
A three-year research project will look into transforming education through digital publishing and mobile devices
US congress introduces Federal Research Public Access Act
The Federal Research Public Access Act of 2010 (FRPAA) has been introduced in the US House of Representatives
The Czech Republic joins SCOAP3
The Czech National Technical Library has joined SCOAP3 on behalf of the Czech Republic