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Online is a land of opportunity for publishers, but only if they are prepared to embrace change
A handful of suppliers dominate the financial and business information market, but the hundreds of smaller players could seize the opportunity of shifting user demand
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Citation metrics have become key numbers for journals, institutions and even individuals, and a host of different models are emerging
Motorised transport is routinely castigated as the climate change villain, but secrecy, misinformation and wild speculation muddy the research waters. IWR looks at how organisations looking to go greener can research the issue
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The Information Commissioner has finally got his wish, increased powers to tackle data breaches
Deals signed with Photobucket, Twitter, eBay and Yahoo
Companies said to be discussing possible options
Act amendments could jail terms for losing or trading in data
High-profile US journal, Science, signs up to SwetsWise online content service
Search giant faces legal action
Programme so far has not focused enough on social aspects of the technology change
Redmond withdraws acquisition offer
Out of control, says report
New search technology based on contextual image retrieval
Access to electronic files could improve the efficiency of departments
Records of proceedings at the Old Bailey from 1674 to 1913 have been put online
Journal of Hospital Medicine is selected for impact factor tracking
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Social sciences and humanities publishing has seen many changes in recent months, not least of which is the impact of open access
Ask the British Library's Bart Smith what day a particular date fell on and, quick as a flash, he'll tell you. We test Smith's recall of the heady but dangerous days when the institution came in for a high-profile torrent of public scorn
With free search service IngentaConnect adding 50,000 digitised articles from academic publisher Brill to its collection, how worried should Scopus and Google Scholar be?
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Online legal references linked back to source Daniel Griffin delivers his verdict on a tool that knits legal researchers and web together
'Folksonomy' voted most hideous neologism
Sites offer a real opportunity to boost learning, claim academics
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