A new agreement will see many more digitised books available through Google Book Search and new ways to ensure that copyright owners are paid for this access.
The international science community has agreed on the first steps to establishing a global virtual library for scientific data.
Book digitisation is being driven by consumers, online retailers and search engines, according to a survey by Frankfurt Book Fair.
The latest statement on open access, the Brisbane Declaration, has been released.
Siân Harris reports back from the recent ALPSP conference about how publishers could better address environmental concerns
The UK's JISC funding body will fund 25 projects that aim to improve existing digital content and digitise new materials for sustainable access in the future.
Subscription services company Swets has bought Boekhandel E. Frencken, a Netherlands-based book and journal seller.
Creative Commons has launched a study into 'noncommercial use' of content
The SCOAP3 consortium, which is pushing for open access to published high-energy physics research, has announced new partners.
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.
James Gray
James Gray assesses the situation and how it can be addressed
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Matt Balara explains how an established publisher, De Gruyter, completed an extraordinary transformation
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From rapid disease information to a way to promote and share regional knowledge in multiple languages, preprints have come into their own in recent years. Siân Harris finds out more
Céline Richard
Céline Richard explains what the Large Hadron Collider has taught us about the importance of open access research
Ivy Cavendish
Ivy Cavendish tells the inspirational tale behind the formation of a writing tool for researchers, TooWrite
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There is a continuing need for the sorts of insights and judgements that only a person can bring, writes David Stuart
Tasha Mellins-Cohen
COUNTER reports have an integral role to play in our wider scholarly communication system, writes Tasha Mellins-Cohen
Tony Roche
Emerald Publishing CEO Tony Roche talks of his career in scholarly publishing and a love of eastern cuisine
Alicia Wise
Alicia Wise, CLOCKSS executive director, reflects on her career and explains the importance of robustly preserving academic resources
Heather Staines
Heather Staines sums up proceedings at this year's Researcher to Reader conference
