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.
Cambridge University Press Pitt Building
Five Cambridge University Press journals will publish with Hindawi Limited under a collaborative agreement
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
Daniel Keirs considers open science from the perspective of a physics publisher, including some of the steps needed to accelerate progress
Matt McKay
Papers related to the pandemic have been downloaded more than 150 million times, writes Matt McKay
James Molloy
James Molloy reflects on the many different strands of his role as a librarian
Ted Slater and James Malone
Siloed data has a wide-reaching impact, say Ted Slater and James Malone
The last decade promised a revolution but high prices have stirred up a rebellion
Michele Avissar-Whiting
Michele Avissar-Whiting outlines the course of post-pandemic preprinting
Marian Asantewah Nkansah
Research Information meets award-winning Ghanaian researcher Marian Asantewah Nkansah
Eric Merkel-Sobotta
Eric Merkel-Sobotta discusses the APE conference, the Berlin Institute for Scholarly Publishing, and a great love of horticulture
Andrew Barker
Andrew Barker, UKSG chair, looks back on a difficult year – and towards a brighter future (and tells of his love for 50s jazz)
