Four reasons to feel good about the future of peer review
Behind the headlines are exciting initiatives that have the potential to not just improve peer review, but optimise it for 21st century scholarship, says…
Analysis and opinion
Open Data Spotlight for researchers
Digital Science recently hosted the first in a series of Open Data Spotlight events. Here, we find out what open data means for researchers.…
Is there a library-sized hole in the internet?
David Weinberger is senior researcher at the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and has been instrumental in the development of ideas about…
EuropeanaTech Conference 2015: Review
On 12 and 13 February, professionals from the cultural heritage and tech communities across the world gathered in Paris at the National Library of…
Creating an archive just for a giggle
Oliver Double, senior lecturer and head of drama at the University of Kent in the UK, describes the foundation of the British Stand-Up Comedy…
Springer CEO Haank courts controversy with ‘tea drinkers’ speech
Springer Science and Business Media CEO Derk Haank opened proceedings at the 2015 ASA Conference in London, with a challenging speech entitled 'Subscription agents:…
What makes researchers willing to share their data?
In principle the benefits of sharing data, by which I mean the digital or analogue sources that underpin research findings, are undeniable, writes Verena…
Aligning Europe’s approaches to open access
While successive policy announcements by UK government and research funders have kept open access (OA) high on the agenda for UK researchers and universities,…
What price open access?
Lorraine Estelle, executive director digital resources and divisional CEO of Jisc Collections, Jisc According to conservative estimates, UK higher education institutions are paying £160m…
Librarians ‘prevalent’ in use of social media
Jodie Bell of Taylor and Francis asks how important is social media as a communication tool?
Publishing better science through better data
Iain Hrynaszkiewicz, head of data and HSS publishing in the Open Research team, and Amy Bourke, corporate communications manager at Nature Publishing Group, report…
Counting the costs of open access for research organisations
The cost to research organisations of making the transition to open access has so far been the object of little attention, says Rob Johnson…