International standards for special collections
Two librarians from the National Library of Scotland share their experiences with Faye Holst
Library news
Covid-19 and the importance of digital preservation
A crisis requires rapid decision-making, and keeping record of these decisions becomes more important, says William Kilbride
Keeping up with digital preservation
Deciding to do nothing about preservation could be a disaster, says Paul Stokes
New dawn for Russia?
The Russian Federation has declared 2021 as a year of Science and Technology – which predicts an increase in the sphere of scientific publications,…
STM reasserts the importance of research data
The international publishers’ organisation STM has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting and supporting the wider sharing of research data with the establishment of a…
Jisc and Springer Nature extend open access commitment
Jisc and Springer Nature have extended the UK Compact agreement by including the prestigious Academic Journals on nature.com
Covid, climate and racism papers dominate Altmetric Top 100
Covid-19 research papers account for around 30 per cent of the Altmetric Top 100 list, released today (20 January)
Wiley announces Hindawi acquisition
Wiley says the purchase adds 'quality, scale and growth to the company’s open access publishing program'
Jisc launches Plan S-compliant repository
Jisc is launching a new multi-content repository for storing research data and articles
UK collaboration to accelerate global open access
UK Research and Innovation, Wellcome and Jisc are among the first organisations supporting the establishment of a new independent body called Open Access Switchboard
Springer Nature unveils alternative OA route
All authors submitting to Nature and the Nature research journals will have the option to publish open access from January
Peer review, reviewed
Lou Peck and Phil Hurst cast an eye over proceedings during Peer Review Week