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
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Jisc expert appointed to accelerate Plan S
Neil Jacobs, head of open science and research lifecycle at Jisc, has been appointed as interim programme manager for the international consortium of research…
Call for papers – Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle 2019: DEADLINE EXTENDED
Deadline extended to 21 June. Our 2019 conference will provide librarians and information professionals with an invaluable insight into best practice for delivering the…
Initiative aims to ‘unite all OA book content’
The open access (OA) initiative Knowledge Unlatched has announced plans to 'unite all OA book content over the coming months'
Driven by the data?
The mechanisms of scholarly communication are showing their age, writes Daniel Hook
Empowering the researcher
Joe Tragert explains how to leverage discovery platforms as information literacy training tools
Libraries as a driving force
Authors need to be reconnected to the library to make it the starting point for research, argues Robert Lisiecki
Permanent chief executive for ALPSP
ALPSP has announced the appointment of Wayne Sime as permanent chief executive after about six months serving an interim role
‘User-centred by design’
Improved user-centred design in digital media and publishing is the key to future success and to combating piracy, the OpenAthens 2019 conference heard
Share and share alike!
Kirsty Merrett offers some heartfelt advice on how to help researchers throughout the research lifecycle
A librarian’s view: ‘focus on the real needs of researchers’
Olga Koz describes how her job as an academic librarian has evolved and expanded over the years
‘Access is not really the main issue anymore’
Bjorn Brembs was interviewed as part of Research Information's report The Scholarly Publishing Research Cycle 2018