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Information managers can have important consultative roles to play in every aspect of creating and maintaining FAIR data and workflows. Mary Ellen Bates outlines how here.

30 June 2020

By Molly Tainter

What’s in a Name or a Number? RLSC by the Numbers

Topic: Open Access (OA) Scholarly Communications

CCC’s market-leading solution makes it easy for publishers of all sizes to collect publication charges and manage a range of transformative agreements.

24 June 2020

4 Key Reasons Why Information Specialists and Research Scientists Should Search Patent Databases

Topic: Information Management Search & Discovery

It behooves information specialists to semantically search patent information in addition to scientific literature review. Jill Shuman shares why.

23 June 2020

By Jill Shuman

Copyright Round-Up, Spring & Summer 2020

Topic: Open Access (OA)

We all know it has been a rough spring, and we are focused on larger issues than copyright and licensing. But while we all hunker down and hope for better days, policy and practice issues are not holding still; Congress is still in session, suits are still being brought (or settled), courts are still rendering decisions, and so on.

22 June 2020

By Roy Kaufman

Global Strategies to Combat Counterfeiting

Topic: Copyright Licensing & Permissions

Piracy of content – whether it is textbooks, scholarly articles or monographs – produces no comic book heroes or heroines facing off against fleets or sailors. Instead, Powerful social media platforms have enabled piracy to be easy and widespread, even providing safe spaces for people to discuss how to circumnavigate our anti-piracy strategies.

19 June 2020

By Michiel Kolman

RightsLink for Scientific Communications Puts Customer Experience First

Topic: Open Access (OA) Scholarly Communications

Publishers must build a sustainable and intuitive infrastructure to support a variety of publishing models ahead of a shift to full Open Access.

18 June 2020

By Jamie Carmichael

Using Data Analytics to Drive Strategy for Corporate Customers

Five Ways Researchers can Leverage Technology in Systematic Reviews

Topic: Information Management Research & Development

The introduction and acceptance of systematic review software has created a paradigm shift in the research industry that continues to evolve along with the changing needs of research teams.

17 June 2020

By Jennifer Baguss

Can Data Science Measure Up to COVID19?

Topic: Data Management

In the COVID19 era, data scientists have the expertise and a professional obligation to play vital roles, says Harvard statistics Professor Xiao-Li Meng. The coronavirus pandemic, he says, presents them with opportunities to explore important social and scientific questions.

10 June 2020

By Christopher Kenneally

Vocabularies, Text Mining and FAIR Data: The Strategic Role Information Managers Play

Topic: Information Management Search & Discovery

How can information managers find strategic roles to play in their organization’s AI and data analysis projects?

9 June 2020

By Molly Tainter

The Top Trends in Knowledge and Information Management – and How to Get Ahead of the Curve

Topic: Information Management

Phill Jones of Double L Digital shares the results of recent interviews with individuals in the research information landscape in a brand new white paper.

2 June 2020

By Molly Tainter