NEWS
'Tangible benefits to OA books' – Springer Nature report
7 November 2017
There are clear benefits to publishing academic books using immediate, or ‘gold’, open access (OA) models, according to a report from Springer Nature.
Publishing news
NEWS
Springer Nature deposits 600k chemical compounds on PubChem
31 October 2017
Springer Nature has deposited 600,000 chemical compounds on PubChem, collectively offering more than 26 million links back into the primary literature, eBooks or major reference works located on SpringerLink, BMC or nature.com
NEWS
Springer Nature in 'open access journey' appeal
23 October 2017
Springer Nature is calling on the research community to join it on a 'journey to open access, open research and beyond'
NEWS
Open data use growing – Figshare report
23 October 2017
Researchers are increasingly willing to share data and are increasingly aware of open data, according to a survey by Figshare
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Making the monograph sustainable
19 October 2017
Verena Weigert and Graham Stone ask what can we learn from other countries to preserve the monograph
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Finding the needle in a haystack
17 October 2017
Paul Kudlow says the publishing industry is facing a monumental challenge: how do we ensure research is read?
NEWS
Self-publishing ISBNs on the rise
12 October 2017
International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs) for self-published titles have climbed 218.33 per cent since 2011
NEWS
Pistoia Alliance to develop Elsevier data format
10 October 2017
Elsevier has announced it is donating its Unified Data Model (UDM) to The Pistoia Alliance
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Up for a challenge
29 September 2017
It’s just two months until Research Information’s first industry event: Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle
Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle is an interactive one-day conference for publishers, information professionals and academics, to be held on Monday 4 December at the Business Design Centre, London.
NEWS
New assessment helps southern journals demonstrate their credibility globally
20 September 2017
INASP and AJOL have launched a comprehensive framework for assessing the quality of the publishing processes of journals in the global south
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Interview
Danny Kingsley, deputy director at Cambridge University Library, looks back at her early days at Australian National University – and forward to the many challenges facing librarians