Industry trends

The UK Data Archive introduces UKDA-store, a new data sharing service for researchers.

The latest Webometrics Ranking of World Universities includes a new ranking of repositories.

SPARC has introduced a new discussion forum to address author rights.

Ukrainian researchers now have high-speed access to research resources.

Google could have a formidable competitor should the Mircosoft-Yahoo! merger go ahead.

University of Texas researchers develop search engine to curb plagiarism.

African research capacity is boosted through new high-speed network link.

Blue ribbon task force addresses the issue of economic sustainability for digital preservation and persistent access.

Google is set to offer an online storage facility to scientists via Palimpsest.

A new internet search engine rivalling Google is to be launched at the end of January by Mimas.

Industry researchers should be encouraged to participate more as authors and reviewers of articles in open, peer-reviewed publications, according to a recent US report.

The assumption that youngsters born or brought up in the internet age are the most web-literate has been overruled according to a recent report.