Patterns of information use and exchange: case studies of researchers in the life sciences | Research Information Network
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"This report by the RIN and the British Library...concludes that ‘one-size-fits-all’ information and data sharing policies are not achieving scientifically productive and cost-efficient information use in life sciences...." From the report itself (pp. 37-38): "Researchers from all groups are concerned about access to information, and any potential barriers or inhibitors....[T]hey express frustration when, having used publicly available search mechanisms, they identify materials to which they do not have full text access online...."