Reviewing peer review
JISC's executive secretary, Malcolm Read, comments on the recent UK report into peer review and the role of data in evaluating research quality
Industry trends
Is the crowd opening up or dumbing down research?
Alastair Dunning of JISC looks at some of the many ways that the public is contributing to digital research today
JISC calls for openly-accessible metadata
A JISC-funded taskforce is arguing that unlocking the descriptive information about digital content, articles, books and research is the key to making it more…
Copyright Clearance Center announces new CTO
Copyright Clearance Center has named Haralambos "Babis" Marmanis as its chief technology officer and vice president, engineering
ALPSP announces new chief executive
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers has appointed Sarah Durrant as its new chief executive
German public supports World War I project
Hundreds of participants of all ages have contributed a great variety of personal memorabilia from World War I to the online "First World War…
ACAP specifications handed over to standards body
The latest version of the Automated Content Access Protocol has been released and responsibility for managing the specifications has been handed over to IPTC…
Openness should ‘go deep’
Brian Kelly of the UK Web Focus challenges the higher-education community to go beyond open access to published research in the pursuit of openness
Report looks at impact of funding on digital resources
A new Strategic Content Alliance/Ithaka S+R report examines funding practices to provide insight on post-grant sustainability for digital resources
Roundtable concludes open-access variety
A roundtable discussion including publishers, researchers and librarians and hosted by JISC in the UK has concluded that the open-access landscape will be characterised…
Research Information e-book presentation available to watch online
The presentation on e-books for scholarly research that editor Sian Harris gave at E-books and E-content 2011 can now be watched online
Industry welcomes recommendations on IP in UK
The European Publishers Council, the British Library and JISC are among the organisations that have welcomed the recommendations made to the UK Government by…