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UK to enable open access to all publicly funded research

Wikipedia founder to assist with government commitment to OA publishing by 2014 in the wake of 'academic spring' movement.
Featured Articles, Posted 12 May 2012

The cost of FOI requests revealed

JISC InfoNet research uncovers the costs to universities of fulfilling Freedom of Information requests.
Featured News, Posted 12 Apr 2012

European Commission's Survey on Digital Scientific Information

The European Commission has published the results of its Online survey on scientific information in the digital age.
Featured News, Posted 02 Feb 2012

Resources for National Libraries Day

A website has been launched to provide resources and information for the UK's first National Libraries Day.
Featured News, Posted 03 Jan 2012

Cultural collaboration in Sweden

In a town in Sweden museums, libraries and archives are collaborating to develop new services, digitise collections and deliver value for money.
Featured Articles, Posted 11 Nov 2011

Dutch grassroots social media project wins prestigious prize

Open source project started by Dutch government employees wins Management 2.0 M-Prize by highlighting benefits of web 2.0.
Featured Articles, Posted 30 Sep 2011

Information governance training for the NHS

Training programme launched to assist with key challenges of information governance and information risk management.
Featured News, Posted 26 Sep 2011

Disclosing data breaches

The European Commission is making changes to data protection laws and warning that organisations need to take data protection seriously.
Featured Articles, Posted 29 Jul 2011

Twitter discussion group for new professionals

UK Library Chat will discuss library school/university LIS activism.
Featured News, Posted 06 Jul 2011

The EU and 'internet fragmentation'

The EU's Digital Agenda focuses on the internet's potential to drive economic growth and innovation.
Featured News, Posted 01 Jul 2011

Privacy in the information age

The increased speed and ease of information capture and transmission is contributing to the number of privacy related news stories.
Featured Articles, Posted 24 Jun 2011

A Digital Copyright Exchange for the UK

The Hargreaves Report recommends streamlining and simplifying the UK's copyright and licensing processes. But is there a political appetite to bring about change?
Featured Articles, Posted 08 Jun 2011

Super injunctions and Twitter

Recent stories in the UK, including 'super injunctions' and alleged phone-tapping, raise questions about the news media and privacy legislation. Is a whole new world of 'hidden' information opening up?
Featured Articles, Posted 07 Jun 2011

Information Commissioner advises on EU cookies law

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has published guidance on staying compliant with new EU cookies regulations.
Featured News, Posted 10 May 2011

Intellectual property for innovation and growth

Is there an optimum design for an Intellectual Property framework? An independent review in the UK seeks to find the answer.
Featured Articles, Posted 03 Mar 2011

Europeana publishes strategic plan

European cultural portal plans dramatic growth in next five years, aims to engage users via social media.
Featured News, Posted 25 Jan 2011

EC's Neelie Kroes weighs in on net neutrality debate

EC Vice-President for the Digital Agenda says healthy competition is the internet's best friend but traffic management practices should be transparent; it should be easy for unhappy consumers to switch providers
Featured News, Posted 01 Dec 2010

Greater Manchester Police Reveal All via Twitter

One of the UK's largest police forces tweets all incidents for 24 hours
Featured News, Posted 14 Oct 2010
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