'Scientists are wary of open-access journals'
22 March 2007
Scientists fear that non-traditional publication could affect their chances of promotion, according to a new study.
Industry trends
UK plans national e-theses service
14 March 2007
The UK should have a live, fully-integrated, national electronic theses service within two years, thanks to funding of a new project.
US publishers endorse international STM declaration
12 March 2007
The Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) has endorsed the Brussels Declaration on STM Publishing.
Industry groups agree on fundamentals of scholarly communication
6 March 2007
The UK's Research Information Network (RIN) has got representative organisations in the UK to agree on major public policy goals for the scholarly communications process. Nadya Anscombe finds how more
US university presses want to expand open-access discussion
1 March 2007
The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has called for the open-access debate to be opened up to different types of scholarly literature and different access models.
Publishers oppose government mandates
21 February 2007
A coalition of 75 nonprofit publishers has made a statement opposing any legislation that would 'abruptly end a publishing system that has nurtured independent scientific inquiry for generations'.
EC outlines information-access plans
20 February 2007
The European Commission has revealed how it intends to help increase and improve access to and dissemination of scientific information.
Open-access petition presented to EC
20 February 2007
The petition calling on the European Commission to adopt polices to guarantee free public access to research results has been delivered to the EU Commissioner for Science and Research.
Over 15,000 sign open-access petition
1 February 2007
The petition urging the European Commission to support open access has attracted over 15,000 signatories in its first two weeks.
Final versions carry little weight with librarians
30 January 2007
Information professionals are satisfied to offer their researchers anything that has been peer-reviewed, according to a recent study.
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