Research Information

Contents

News Communities debate industry

Global information users share ideas

Dutch open access gains ground

Promoting access in the Netherlands

Open to debate

The latest trends in e-books

Helping society journals

How and why usage data is used

Embracing the semantic web

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Open access in humanities and social science

Focus on e-books

15-21 Focus on e-books 23-24

When societies strike publishing partnerships

Assessing online usage

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Report from a recent meeting on linking data

Products Diary

Interview

Victor Henning of Mendeley

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ON THE COVER

Open to debate

Leader: Siân Harris

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Mobile e-information

A decade ago I was working on a magazine about the mobile telecoms industry. At that time, mobile operators were spending large sums of money on radio licences and the search was on for the ‘killer application’ that would enable them to recoup their costs. Fast forward 10 years and this challenge is being answered from an unexpected direction. E-book readers are a hot topic in this

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issue’s special e-book section. But it is not just the dedicated e-book readers that are attracting attention in this area. The iPhone is emerging as a popular platform for e-books as well as many other types of content. Could books be that longed-for killer application for mobile phones? This issue of Research Information also looks at other e-book issues such as different business models, licences and device independence. Look out next issue for our report back from the London Book Fair.

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