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
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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
Million-page science collection to be digitised
The not-for-profit technology provider for research and education, Jisc, and the publisher Wiley, are to digitise a one-million-page collection on the history of science
Jisc launches three library services
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,…
Liam Earney appointed JISC executive director for digital resources
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…
Competition ‘to boost research innovation’
The academic community is being encouraged to enter a competition to find the best ideas to support innovation for future research