Open access (OA) books are reaching more countries and have greater usage and higher citation numbers than non-OA books
Liz Bal, director of open research services at Jisc
Preservation, a new Jisc service, is aimed at making it easier for institutions to keep their digital collections accessible and reusable, comply with multiple mandates and fulfil their statutory obligations.
The Research Information team is pleased to announce its live panel webcast, ‘Bridge over Troubled Water – How do we span the Digital Divide?’, is available to view.
A price freeze on journal subscriptions will not be enough to avoid UK researchers losing access to key academic content, warn three major sector bodies representing academic library directors and higher education managers.
Oluchi Ojinamma Okere
Oluchi Ojinamma Okere considers Nigerian academic libraries and their struggle for relevance
Cambridge University Press Pitt Building
Five Cambridge University Press journals will publish with Hindawi Limited under a collaborative agreement
The Company of Biologists has become the first not-for-profit publisher to commit to the transformative journal approach
From left: Elaine Westbrooks,
David Prosser and Nkem Osuigwe
Research Information is delighted to announce its next live panel webcast, ‘Bridge over Troubled Water – How do we span the Digital Divide?’, on Thursday 13 August
Heather Staines
The new non-profit Knowledge Futures Group offers institutions a valuable scholarly communications resource, writes Heather Staines
A UK-based university librarian, who has chosen to remain anonymous, has spoken out about ‘gobsmacking’ prices for some ebooks
Scott Williams
Publisher De Gruyter describes a digital transformation of its business
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Eighteen months into the pandemic, Rebecca Pool asks: do libraries face an exclusively digital future?
Gali Halevi
Gali Halevi discusses the impact of new publishing outlets and formats
Ben Kaube (left) and Andrew Preston
Andrew Preston and Ben Kaube tell us about their new venture Cassyni
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Kim Eggleton on how using anonymity can create more diverse, equitable, and inclusive peer review
Hannah Heckner
When it comes to platforms and the shifting OA landscape there's no one-size-fits-all solution, writes Hannah Heckner
Nick Newcomer
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the forefront of every conversation in higher education and academia, writes Nick Newcomer
Nicola Jones
The time for action is now, write Nicola Jones and Nick Campbell
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Hilde van Zeeland and Juan Castro describe how natural language processing is changing the game
