The production of open access journals
The Public Library of Science (PLoS), a US institution that pioneered the open access publishing model, has explained the steps in producing such a journal. The paper is focused on the production process, rather than the editorial quality, structure or costs of public access journals. Read More
How Scirus works
Scirus, the free scientific search engine of Elsevier, combines online resources across free web pages and databases. The technology supporting Scirus for searching and classifying the scientific data is explained in this paper. The advanced, refine and basic search options, ranking of search results, and results analyses are discussed. Read More
Factors that impact open access to research studies
This paper focuses on the three issues that affect access to scientific research studies – the legal issues of copyright and database protection that restrict scientists from viewing other studies, the use of the legalities for public benefit, and the relationship between public funding of research studies and access to… Read More
Means to protect online data
Information technology has enabled the once confined print scholarly content to move beyond pages and library walls. The content can be accessed through Internet services provided by public libraries and academic institutions. However, easy availability of electronic data has resulted in increased information abuse or theft of databases. The paper… Read More
Dealing with the ‘Serials Crisis’
The ‘Serials Crisis’ refers to the practice of STM commercial publishers increasing the journals’ cost at a staggering rate. Obtaining STM journals has begun to seem far-fetched to universities and libraries due to stringent budgets. Authors Judith M. Panitch and Sarah Michalak examine the pricing problem and its reasons, and… Read More
ReUSE White Paper on Digital Repositories
reUSE is a joint project of various European national and university libraries that seeks to gather, archive and make accessible publications from a variety of sources within their area of influence. The sources include public sector bodies, non-profit organisations, higher education and other organisations circulating textual documents into the public… Read More
Content Conversion Strategies for the Multi-Channel Publishing Environment
Multi-channel publishing has developed into a business imperative. Its growth was led by an escalation in the cost of production, as previously there was no proper means to reuse content. Media-neutral formats like the XML have now been identified as cost-effective methods to reuse and deliver content. XML, due to… Read More
Electronic medical records and your practice
This 2K Electronic Medical Records white paper examines the effects its implementation can have on a physician’s practice. It guides medical billing professionals, practitioners and their office personnel on what questions they should ask prior to purchasing EMR software. Read More
Employee Blogs – How to Benefit from it?
This white paper (by Edelman and Intelliseek) discusses the phenomenon of employee blogging, quoting several examples. A highly informative read for STM publishers who wish to effectively harness this phenomenon of employee blogging to their benefit. Read More
Web Office – The Next Productivity Wave
This white paper is by Rod Boothby, Manager with Ernst & Young’s Financial Services Advisory practice. The paper discusses about prominent Web 2.0 applications that will help enterprises to gain competitive edge and productivity gains. According to the author, Web Office will present a significant challenge to managers who gain… Read More
