Jisc and Wiley extend partnership
Jisc and Wiley have expanded their partnership with leading UK universities and the British Science Association (BSA) with the creation of a new digital…
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Interdisciplinary research community launched by Jisc
Jisc has announced the launch of a digital research community to explore how technology and innovation can help improve current research practices
Research Information editor to host open access debate
Tim Gillett will host a discussion panel tomorrow as part of International Open Access Week, with a transatlantic line-up of industry experts taking part…
APC-free open access agreements test alternative funding models
Researchers will be able to publish in PLOS journals without incurring article processing charges following a three-year agreement wth Jisc
Jisc/JSTOR deal brings free access to digital collections
Bodies agree initiative that will allow institutions to make their digital special collections freely available to millions of researchers, faculties, and students around the…
Bringing method to madness
Data is everywhere – but where does it come from, where is it being stored, and is it worth keeping? It is crucial to…
Jisc offers new preservation service
Preservation, a new Jisc service, is aimed at making it easier for institutions to keep their digital collections accessible and reusable, comply with multiple…
Universities ‘will cancel deals with publishers’
A price freeze on journal subscriptions will not be enough to avoid UK researchers losing access to key academic content, warn three major sector bodies representing academic library directors and higher education managers. …
The never-ending story
From deposits to discovery, Rebecca Pool looks at the long and winding journey of the institutional repository
Cambridge scientist ‘breaks up the old-fashioned academic paper’
Documentary-maker Alex Freeman never imagined she would create a tool that could overhaul the structure of academic publishing, writes Faye Holst
Publishers ‘must drop fees in wake of Covid-19’ – Jisc/UUK
Major academic publishers are being urged to reduce their prices by 25 per cent on all agreements in light of the severe financial impact…
Jisc and Lyrasis team up on US repository data
Jisc, a not-for-profit supplier of technology for research and education in the UK, and Lyrasis, a global non-profit membership association, are joining forces to…