Information professions including librarianship, archives, publishing and journalism could become increasingly disconnected from their users. This is one of the conclusions of a new book edited by David Nicholas and Ian Rowlands.
The UK PubMed Central website has received funding for further development over the next three years.
Students prefer to read e-textbooks online but interactivity is not a major issue for them, according to the first survey of the UK's e-book observatory
The first international Open Access Day will be held on 14 October 2008
Elsevier Foundation grants help researchers in developing countries and the academic workplace.
The Max Planck Society (MPS) has signed a deal with the Public Library of Science (PLoS) to centrally fund the publication fees of MPS scientists
Gladstone scientists create Wikipathways to foster research collaboration.
Study concludes that open-access academic articles get read more often but don't generate more citations.
New research shows that fewer papers are being cited than in the days before the internet, reports Rebecca Pool
SPARC Europe and DRIVER agree to work together to promote repositories.
Scott Williams
Publisher De Gruyter describes a digital transformation of its business
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Eighteen months into the pandemic, Rebecca Pool asks: do libraries face an exclusively digital future?
Gali Halevi
Gali Halevi discusses the impact of new publishing outlets and formats
Ben Kaube (left) and Andrew Preston
Andrew Preston and Ben Kaube tell us about their new venture Cassyni
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Kim Eggleton on how using anonymity can create more diverse, equitable, and inclusive peer review
Hannah Heckner
When it comes to platforms and the shifting OA landscape there's no one-size-fits-all solution, writes Hannah Heckner
Nick Newcomer
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the forefront of every conversation in higher education and academia, writes Nick Newcomer
Nicola Jones
The time for action is now, write Nicola Jones and Nick Campbell
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Hilde van Zeeland and Juan Castro describe how natural language processing is changing the game
