Peer review, preprints and a pandemic
Rebecca Pool asks: will coronavirus leave preprints and peer review inextricably entwined?
Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle 2020/2021
Virtual event delivers real-world interaction
More than 120 delegates from an array of institutions and countries around the world joined the organisers of CISPC for the first virtual version…
Closed countries, open data
Rebecca Pool asks: has Covid-19 pushed the move towards open data to the point of no return?
Towards a community-driven, open access university publisher
Alenka Prinčič and Frédérique Belliard describe how they influenced the change from traditional academic publisher to innovative and community-driven university press at TU Delft
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…
Open Book: Swimming against the Tide
Oluchi Ojinamma Okere considers Nigerian academic libraries and their struggle for relevance
Accelerating open science in physics
Daniel Keirs considers open science from the perspective of a physics publisher, including some of the steps needed to accelerate progress
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
Academic libraries and coronavirus: a view from Italy
The pandemic has demonstrated the importance of open access and open science, writes Rossana Morriello
Open Book: We just have to do something!
The open research agenda – for publications, data, and code – is driving companies to explore new business models, writes Lisa Hinchliffe
Open Book: You didn’t ask, but I’ll tell you anyway!
Anna Seiffert reflects on the need to communicate the collection’s budget to admin and faculty