Jisc, the not-for-profit technology solutions provider for education and research, is launching three library services.
Library hub discover, Library hub compare, and Library hub cataloguing are aimed at making it easier for UK higher education libraries and researchers to access, discover and manage academic collections.
Jisc has appointed Liam Earney as executive director for digital resources. From 1 August, Earney will lead on a portfolio of services containing licensing, library, content, discovery and open access as well as Jisc’s provision of the UK Data Service.
The academic community is being encouraged to enter a competition to find the best ideas to support innovation for future research
Neil Jacobs, head of open science and research lifecycle at Jisc, has been appointed as interim programme manager for the international consortium of research funders, cOAlition S
Springer/Jisc 'convert previous subscription deal to OA'
A new National Bibliographic Knowledgebase has been hailed as a key piece of national data infrastructure for the UK
NBK has made a great start providing one place for UK academic library data, writes Sarah Bartlett
Two of the UK’s leading technology not-for-profit organisations in the field of education, government and charities have agreed to merge
A researcher analysing criminals' tattoos through data mining is among seven academics who have won grants courtesy of the British Academy and Jisc
Jisc and Elsevier have signed an agreement setting out how they will work together to support institutions to comply with UK open access policies
Wayne Sime discusses his hopes for the future of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
From bypassing aggregators to the influx of new university presses, the world of library-based publishing is changing fast, reports Rebecca Pool
Vivek Mehra explains how the English language is dominating global communication and changing school structure
Chris Smith
Chris Smith explains why they matter, and how publishers and universities can benefit
Rossana Morriello
Rossana Morriello assesses the ways in which librarians are supporting research in Italy
Nandita Quaderi – editor-in-chief of the Web of Science – champions objectivity, selectivity, and data integrity
This article was jointly written by Andrea Chiarelli (pictured), Juliane Kant and Birgit Schmidt on behalf of Knowledge Exchange. Andrea Chiarelli is a consultant at Research Consulting. Juliane Kant is partner representative for the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) in Knowledge Exchange. Birgit Schmidt is head of knowledge commons at Göttingen State and University Library.
Active engagement and collaboration are needed to deliver the promise of preprints, writes Andrea Chiarelli
