Open book: It's all about the people
James Molloy reflects on the many different strands of his role as a librarian
James Molloy reflects on the many different strands of his role as a librarian
Oluchi Ojinamma Okere considers Nigerian academic libraries and their struggle for relevance
A UK-based university librarian, who has chosen to remain anonymous, has spoken out about ‘gobsmacking’ prices for some ebooks
Anna Seiffert reflects on the need to communicate the collection’s budget to admin and faculty
Szabi Steiner describes efforts to encourage data sharing at City, University of London
Micah Vandegrift discusses a broad variety of methods to share research and scholarship, especially infused with open values
James Gray assesses the situation and how it can be addressed
Matt Balara explains how an established publisher, De Gruyter, completed an extraordinary transformation
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 explains what the Large Hadron Collider has taught us about the importance of open access research
Ivy Cavendish tells the inspirational tale behind the formation of a writing tool for researchers, TooWrite
There is a continuing need for the sorts of insights and judgements that only a person can bring, writes David Stuart
COUNTER reports have an integral role to play in our wider scholarly communication system, writes Tasha Mellins-Cohen
Emerald Publishing CEO Tony Roche talks of his career in scholarly publishing and a love of eastern cuisine
Alicia Wise, CLOCKSS executive director, reflects on her career and explains the importance of robustly preserving academic resources
Heather Staines sums up proceedings at this year's Researcher to Reader conference