The Academic Knowledge and Language graphic visualises the role that language of publication plays in the dissemination of academic knowledge through scholarly journals. It is obvious from first glance that English is entirely dominant.

Cambridge University Press has just announced a rental program for articles to cater for people who want to view an article but not pay the more costly pay-per-view download fee.

The Council of Australian University Librarians has an Open Scholarship initiative (COSI for short).

Scientist meets Publisher is a YouTube video that aims to get researchers thinking about signing away their copyright. Many researchers unthinkingly assign copyright to journal publishers in the mistaken belief that doing do is the only way to get work published.

Princeton University will stop researchers from handing over their copyright to journal publishers, as part of a new open access policy at the university. Currently, researchers at Princeton and elsewhere 'give away' their work to journal publishers, and then have to buy back the journals in which their work gets published. It is a system that enriches publishers to the detriment of open scholarship.

^{Historically, peer-reviewed journals were published by scientific societies on a non-profit basis. Today scholarly publishing is dominated by a handful of large commercial publishers focused on maximising their profits. This has left small society publishers struggling to survive and libraries unable to afford all the journals they need.}

Determining the order of authors on a scholarly publication can be problematic, especially among interdisciplinary groups. However, there are existing protocols that determine who should be credited as an author on a publication.

The sheer volume of research can prevent researchers finding research that might be relevant to their work, especially if it is not published in sources they already use.What is needed in the age of the data deluge are tools

Facebook may be a popular choice but if you want to network with other scientists, then ResearchGate may be a more useful social network. It bills itself as the largest scientific network online, with more than 1.2 million members.