Whether it’s libraries, business or education, in today’s world it’s not just what you know but how you use it that really counts…read more

It is not uncommon for conferences to be ‘interrupted’ by sponsor presentations. When I say ‘interrupted’, I do not necessarily mean that such talks are unwelcome. Conference days tend to be packed from early morning to late at night, and such sponsor interventions can be quite pleasant – a moment to doze off or to [...]

The National Archives is the only public sector organisation among this year’s winners of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. In doing so it becomes the first winner from a government department since the awards were expanded in 2000…read more

The UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) is using Tessella’s Safety Deposit Box (SDB) to manage part of its scientific data archive. David Corney, head of data services at RAL, said: ‘SDB integrates perfectly into our scientific data archive.’…read more

The successful long term management of digital assets is a key concern for us as we build our digital resource. Until recently, we did not have a dedicated system in use for storing and managing master files for any digitised content, and our file backup system was not idea for dealing with large sets of data. Files were managed [...]

By Jef Akst How cognitive prejudices can influence research decisions, and how the pitfalls of human nature can be avoided In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Merck & Co. was at the height of an epic pharmaceuticals boom. Annual sales doubled and profits tripled, most notably driven by sales of a congestive heart failure [...]

The Wellcome Library holds one of the world’s largest collections on the history of medical science and its role in society, and is maintained to support the Wellcome Trust’s mission of achieving “extraordinary improvements in health by supporting the brightest minds”… read more  

An Innovation award was made jointly to the official archive and technology provider, Tessella for their public private partnership in developing a system for preserving digital information. This system, the Safety Deposit Box (SDB), has since been adopted by libraries and archives around the world…read more

By Peter Mansell Growing implementation of adaptive clinical trials following the publication of draft guidance on adaptive designs by the US Food and Drug Administration in February 2010 is helping to ease regulatory concerns within industry about the approach, says eClinical solutions specialist Perceptive Informatics…read more

Researchers identify four cognitive biases that might be slowing drug discovery. By Courtney Andersen In an age of increasing financial and logistical pressures facing biotech and pharmaceutical companies, optimizing R&D success is a critical task. But in a commentary published last year in Drug Discovery Today, Andrew Chadwick of Tessella and Matthew Segall of Optibrium [...]