CONTENTS Contents Taming Twitter 4-8


Rebecca Pool reports on attempts to catch the social media data fallout


New chapters 10-12


Robert Roe canvasses the opinion of three experts on the latest ebook trends


A missed trick? 14-16


Tim Gillett takes in a spirited discussion on the subject of scholarly collaboration networks


Analysis 18-26


‘Total open access’ • Re-examining accessibility • Research to Reader report • UK ‘global talent’ plea


News 28-32


Secret intelligence files released • Highwire announces Belfast move • Collaboration ‘crucial’ for universities


New products Events


Interview Paul Feldman, chief executive of Jisc


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Tweet trackers 4 Leader: Tim Gillett Vernal variety


Spring has sprung in northern Europe – Research Information’s part of the world – and in the scholarly publishing community


the conference season is getting into full swing. We have reports from the APE 2016 meeting in Berlin in February, London’s Researcher to Reader meeting, and from the Jisc Digifest in Birmingham, UK, held last month. In addition, we look forward to the UKSG 39th Annual Conference and Exhibition to be held in Bournemouth, UK, the London Book Fair, as well as the SLA- AGC event being held in Kuwait in April. Members of the research community have long been recognised as keen users of social media – and on page 4 Rebecca Pool looks at the ways in which researchers are collecting, archiving and interrogating data from Twitter, Facebook and the like. On page 10 Robert Roe solicits the views of industry experts on the latest developments around ebooks and ebook aggregation services, while on page 14 we follow an intriguing discussion around the development of scholarly collaboration networks.


As usual, we have an array of contributed analysis article including an outspoken piece by Rafael Ball of the ETH-Library in Zurich, Switzerland.


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