Blog | News | Jobs

Library issues

Site reviews

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online

An encyclopaedia written by academics must be better than one written by the crowd, mustn’t it?

Wolters Kluwer Health - OvidSP

A healthcare search site that does exactly what it says on the tin

Cambridge Histories Online

There is plenty to cheer about in the 250 volumes of Cambridge Histories that have gone online

GMB Research

Although it still has glitches, GMB's website promises to give researchers real value
Book reviews

Digital Images in Education: Realising the Vision

Edited by Leona Carpenter and Caren Milloy, with Lorraine Estelle and Jane Williams

The Big Switch

By Nicholas Carr
ADVERTISEMENT

UK firms are warned to tighten up on security

SMEs are slack when it comes to data security

Cabinet Office publishes data handling review

Data will be encrypted, staff trained and privacy impact assessments carried out on all projects

National Archives revamp revealed today

“New facilities meet the needs of 21st century researchers” says chief exec

HMRC disc review to be published

The review will be published alongside a broader examination of data handling practices across government

SPARC gives Seal of approval to DOAJ content reuse terms

Metadata scheme makes licensing terms explicit for open access journals

OCLC announces plans for new structure

Revised governance setup aims to reach more libraries across the globe

EU security agency calls for breach notification law

And more funding is needed to promote awareness of security issues

Winner of SLA Europe info pro award announced

Result for Information Professional at Shell

Emerald announce African launch of eLearning platform

Nato builds cyber-security bunker

Several nations to staff 'Centre of Excellence' in Estonia

Lose data and you go to jail

Act amendments could jail terms for losing or trading in data

UK firm Pixsta takes on Google

New search technology based on contextual image retrieval

MORE NEWS HEADLINES

> For the week's news, click here

FEATURES

Don't let the grey fade away

Online efforts underway to open the door to a wealth of quality information that would otherwise languish on shelves or disappear forever

Backfile to the future

Publishers are increasingly digitising back copies of journals and other print materials that pre-date the internet
> More features
ADVERTISEMENT
Other UK websites