Ros Pyne
Where’s the policy and financial support for OA books?
16 September 2020
Ros Pyne explores findings from a collaborative white paper with COARD into the geographic reach of OA book scholarship
Industry trends
OA books 'have greater usage and higher citations'
10 September 2020
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
Jisc offers new preservation service
10 September 2020
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.
Spanning the digital divide
24 August 2020
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.
Universities 'will cancel deals with publishers'
14 August 2020
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
Open Book: Swimming against the Tide
12 August 2020
Oluchi Ojinamma Okere considers Nigerian academic libraries and their struggle for relevance
Cambridge University Press Pitt Building
Cambridge University Press and Hindawi in OA deal
6 August 2020
Five Cambridge University Press journals will publish with Hindawi Limited under a collaborative agreement
Company of Biologists adopts transformative approach
4 August 2020
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
WEBCAST: How do we span the Digital Divide?
29 July 2020
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
Investing in a brighter future
23 July 2020
The new non-profit Knowledge Futures Group offers institutions a valuable scholarly communications resource, writes Heather Staines
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Faye Holst
Two librarians from the National Library of Scotland share their experiences with Faye Holst
A crisis requires rapid decision-making, and keeping record of these decisions becomes more important, says William Kilbride
Paul Stokes
Deciding to do nothing about preservation could be a disaster, says Paul Stokes
Julia Peregudova
The Russian Federation has declared 2021 as a year of Science and Technology – which predicts an increase in the sphere of scientific publications, writes Julia Peregudova
There is no easy answer, but some routes through the maze are becoming visible, writes Tasha Mellins-Cohen
More than 120 delegates from an array of institutions and countries around the world joined the organisers of CISPC for the first virtual version of the event.
