Contech live – calendar of events released
3 May 2019
Event organiser adds three conferences to calendar for 2019
Wayne Sime discusses his hopes for the future of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
Industry trends
Embracing risk
2 May 2019
More conversations are required to deliver sustainable open access plans, writes Steven Inchcoombe
Mariamawit Yeshak
SSP keynote to focus on scholarly publishing in Africa
1 May 2019
Organisers of the SSPs 41st annual meeting have announced keynote speakers for the event
Share and share alike!
30 April 2019
Kirsty Merrett offers some heartfelt advice on how to help researchers throughout the research lifecycle
Springer/Jisc 'convert previous subscription deal to OA'
29 April 2019
Springer/Jisc 'convert previous subscription deal to OA'
'Access is not really the main issue anymore'
17 April 2019
Bjorn Brembs was interviewed as part of Research Information's report The Scholarly Publishing Research Cycle 2018
We need to have really critical discussions
16 April 2019
Tony Roche was interviewed as part of Research Information's report The Scholarly Publishing Research Cycle 2018
The real issues 'are being blurred'
15 April 2019
Chris Banks was interviewed as part of Research Information's report The Scholarly Publishing Research Cycle 2018
Join our reader panel and help shape the future of Research Information
5 April 2019
Research Information is assembling a panel of readers to help it improve the content it delivers – and is inviting librarians and information professionals to apply
Academic 'disruptors' win start-up grants
2 April 2019
Two projects aimed at disrupting the academic space have won Catalyst Grant awards for innovative startups
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From bypassing aggregators to the influx of new university presses, the world of library-based publishing is changing fast, reports Rebecca Pool
Vivek Mehra explains how the English language is dominating global communication and changing school structure
Chris Smith
Chris Smith explains why they matter, and how publishers and universities can benefit
Rossana Morriello
Rossana Morriello assesses the ways in which librarians are supporting research in Italy
Nandita Quaderi – editor-in-chief of the Web of Science – champions objectivity, selectivity, and data integrity
This article was jointly written by Andrea Chiarelli (pictured), Juliane Kant and Birgit Schmidt on behalf of Knowledge Exchange. Andrea Chiarelli is a consultant at Research Consulting. Juliane Kant is partner representative for the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) in Knowledge Exchange. Birgit Schmidt is head of knowledge commons at Göttingen State and University Library.
Active engagement and collaboration are needed to deliver the promise of preprints, writes Andrea Chiarelli