Arie Jongejan leaves Swets
8 January 2009
Arie Jongejan, CEO of Swets, has retired.
Interviews for this article have been adapted from recent PhaidraCon roundtable events and from upcoming 2023 editions of EpistemiCast
Industry trends
Research conferences go virtual
18 December 2008
Going to a conference can involve lengthy negotiations about budgets, flight details, accommodation and work schedules. But it doesn't always have to be like that. Sian Harris finds out about new moves to bring more of the benefits of research meetings online
Free service collects tables of content
17 December 2008
A new free service makes it easier to keep up-to-date with scholarly journals
Canada moves towards electronic-only journal collection
17 December 2008
The National Research Council Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information is moving towards an electronic-only journal collection.
Deal streamlines article access for research assessors
11 December 2008
Assessors in the UK's latest Research Assessment Exercise have had fee-waived access to 150,000 journal articles, thanks to a deal agreed with the Publishers Licensing Society.
Google Book Search adds magazines
11 December 2008
Google plans to help bring more magazine archives and current magazines online as part of its Google Book Search project.
Israel joins SCOAP3
21 November 2008
The Israeli Science Foundation and the Israeli Committee for High Energy
Physics have joined SCOAP3 on behalf of Israel.
Authors, publishers and Google agree on copyright
3 November 2008
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.
Science community plans global data library
27 October 2008
The international science community has agreed on the first steps to establishing a global virtual library for scientific data.
Consumers drive book digitisation, says survey
16 October 2008
Book digitisation is being driven by consumers, online retailers and search engines, according to a survey by Frankfurt Book Fair.
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Patrick Hargitt explains why 2022 became the year that accessibility got serious
Joseph Koivisto and Jordan Sly from the University of Maryland discuss the implications of the publications-as-data model
Despite the collective and decisive step changes in enabling the transition to open access this year, we should not be complacent, writes Susie Winter
Thomas Shaw and Andrew Barker from Lancaster University Library discuss the realities, challenges and future impact of open access in the research community
It’s not a question of if, but how. The future of scholarly publishing is open, yet the debate on how to accelerate the growth of open access continues
