As demand for real-time search rises the ability to supply it is edging closer. Low latency is the watchword
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Stephen Arnold kicks off the first of three articles on how to make money from Google with a look at the disruptive nature of its business methods
Since the closure of Ernest Marples website, how the Royal Mail should share its postcode data has been hotly debated. Should it be free or licensed with added value?
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The Government’s response rates to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests has deteriorated significantly since the Act was introduced five years ago. Furious info pros want stricter penalties to apply to public sector bodies failing to comply with the spirit of the Act
British software company Autonomy has reported a 55% rise in its annual profits before tax at $323m (£203m) for 2009 and attributed its revenue increase to acquisitions, IDOL-range information product developments, expansion and positive Q4
David Shumaker, associate professor at the Catholic University of America (CUA), has received the 2009 Rose Vormelker Award for excellence in guiding and mentoring future information professionals and librarians awarded by the Special Libraries Association (SLA)
Medical journal The Lancet has fully retracted the discredited 1998 paper by Dr Andrew Wakefield from its published record
WestlawNext, Thomson Reuters’ just launched next generation system in legal research is set make professionals “significantly more efficient and confident”
Plugging the gap between traditional post-graduate courses and IT Masters, City University London’s interdisciplinary Centre for Information Leadership has launched an executive-style course - Masters in Information Leadership (MIL)
Do you want to search, browse, read and bookmark full text content from Nature and Nature News, and search PubMed? There is an app for it
The Information Commissioner’s Office has warned organisations that they may face tougher sanctions if they fail to report security breaches which subsequently come to light
Elsevier has announced that Scopus, its abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, has partnered with the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) and the SCImago Research Group, endorsing two complementary journal metrics, SNIP and SJR
Proquest has launched AtmosPeer, a free social network that connects atmospheric scientists to colleagues, news feeds, conference information, funding opportunities and also helps them to keep up with emerging research trends
Military personnel and Ministry of Defence (MoD) staff have leaked secret information at least 16 times on social networking websites and internet forums in the last 18 months, revealed a Freedom of Information request tabled by Lewis PR to the MoD today
A visionary project called ‘Academic libraries of the future’ will explore future scenarios for academic libraries and information services, particularly in the context of a rapidly-changing environment
Committing itself to music research, EBSCO Publishing has acquired the Music Index Online from Information Coordinators, Harmonie Park Press, a music reference publishing company
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Dr Hazel Hall, director of the Centre for Social Informatics, Edinburgh Napier University, and the executive secretary, Library and Information Science Research Coalition, speaks to Archana Venkatraman about the Coalition, social computing and winning the IWR Information Professional of the Year award
The launch of data.gov is a huge advance for information
Richard Boulderstone, director of e-strategy and information systems at the British Library, has a lot in his plate. He’s developing BL’s online and IT strategy, implementing digital media projects and services, and delivering digital applications. He shares his vision and fears with Archana Venkatraman
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Politicians may be smashing the barriers blocking access to public sector information, but will they really build something better?
Since the closure of Ernest Marples website, how the Royal Mail should share its postcode data has been hotly debated. Should it be free or licensed with added value?
Ill-founded charges of government snooping could threaten moves to greater openness in official data, warns Tim Buckley Owen
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The launch of a complete Financial Times archive comes at the perfect time for economists and researchers
Heritage Key offers a tour of King Tut’s tomb and a great deal more
Who’d have thought library statistics could be so much fun? Alex Parker’s free Book Galaxy Applet creates a rivetting search universe out of bog-standard library data
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This must-read analysis of Google’s massive publishing potential makes sobering food for thought for info pros
A verdict in the E-Resources v Printed Matter case
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