Ovid has struck a deal with the UK's Department of Health to give medical students, faculty, and clinicians access to evidence-based organ transplantation research via the OvidSP platform
William H. Mischo has won the 2009 Kilgour Award
Scotland's university researchers will benefit from a shared digital library that should widen access to over 1,500 specialist journals and publications
OCLC's database synchronisation capability is keeping the Australian National Bibliographic Database synchronised with WorldCat
The University of Bradford in the UK has chosen Innovative Interfaces as the supplier for several of its library system tools.
The Association of Research Libraries has released a statement about the effects of the current global economic crisis on publishing and library subscriptions
Emerald has announced the Indian 2009 Emerald Research Fund in the field of library and information science (LIS) research.
Anglia Ruskin University and the University of East London have both picked OCLC's QuestionPoint to provide online enquiry support services to their library users
St. Lawrence University in the USA will use Encore Harvesting Services from Innovative Interfaces to produce a single unified search of its OAI-PMH-compliant collections
SirsiDynix has announced several new or returning customers for its integrated library systems
Wayne Sime discusses his hopes for the future of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
From bypassing aggregators to the influx of new university presses, the world of library-based publishing is changing fast, reports Rebecca Pool
Vivek Mehra explains how the English language is dominating global communication and changing school structure
Chris Smith
Chris Smith explains why they matter, and how publishers and universities can benefit
Rossana Morriello
Rossana Morriello assesses the ways in which librarians are supporting research in Italy
Nandita Quaderi – editor-in-chief of the Web of Science – champions objectivity, selectivity, and data integrity
This article was jointly written by Andrea Chiarelli (pictured), Juliane Kant and Birgit Schmidt on behalf of Knowledge Exchange. Andrea Chiarelli is a consultant at Research Consulting. Juliane Kant is partner representative for the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) in Knowledge Exchange. Birgit Schmidt is head of knowledge commons at Göttingen State and University Library.
Active engagement and collaboration are needed to deliver the promise of preprints, writes Andrea Chiarelli
