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December 2016/January 2017 l Issue 87


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Lights, camera, action


Tim Gillett focuses on the latest developments around video publishing


Dare to share?


Rebecca Pool looks at the increasingly important concept of data sharing


Analysis


Next-generation research environments l ARM addresses the engineering skills gap l Recognising the role of women in cancer


research l Inspiration behind academic authoring tool l The Arab dream of new libraries l Event reports


News


Elsevier unveils Jisc collaboration l New editor for Learned Publishing journal l Europe PMC to display Altmetric badges l OpenAthens renews health service contract l Sage buys Libertas Academica portfolio


Event preview


Companies lining up to take part in London Info International Disruptor Zone


Interview


Steve Arlington, president of the Pistoia Alliance


Among the many themes being discussed at the two main scholarly communications events this autumn – Frankfurt Book Fair and Charleston Library Conference – the subject of video publishing was very much to the fore.


While market penetration across


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the world is patchy, there is no doubt that the use of video in academic publishing is on the rise, with publishers and specialist companies making a real impression with librarians and researchers alike. On page 4 we talk to several of the chief protagonists in the sector. Of course, the subject of data sharing has been at the forefront of many industry conversations and initiatives, with more and more organisations requiring that titles include statements relating to the availability of the relevant data, and researchers increasingly likely to make their relevant data available. On page 8 Rebecca Pool finds out more. We have several analysis and opinion pieces – including an explanation of why the microprocessor giant ARM has launched an education media department – as well as reports from several industry events that took place in the last couple of months. For us there’s just one more major industry event this year – London Info International – and then we are into the holiday season. I wish you love, laughter, and a happy and prosperous 2017.


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