The never-ending story
From deposits to discovery, Rebecca Pool looks at the long and winding journey of the institutional repository
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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…
Sector pulls together to deliver e-textbooks
More than 120 UK universities are now being set up to enable access to critical textbook content for upwards of 1.4 million students
Kortex and Jisc to ensure UK learning resources access
Kortext, the UK digital textbook platform, in conjunction with Jisc, the UK’s not for profit education and research services provider, is launching a nationwide…
Jisc supports Subscribe to Open model
Jisc has announced its support for the global initiative ‘Subscribe to Open’ developed by the non-profit publisher Annual Reviews
Reactions to UKRI consultation announcement
There has been a mixed, but largely positive, reaction to the UKRI's consultation on open access policy
Jisc steps up open access initatives
Five UK-based society publishers have signed pilot transitional open access (OA) agreements with the not-for-profit organisation Jisc
1.6 million geographical datasets opened up
Academics and students are to be given access to more than 1.6 million geographical datasets, including the most comprehensive index of maps ever brought…
A look at prediction markets
Jacqueline Thompson, Marcus Munafò and Ian Penton-Voak introduce a tool to help assess research quality
Jisc secures two-year OA pilot with Microbiology Society
Jisc and the Microbiology Society have announced a two-year pilot transitional open access (OA) agreement