In March 2009, RIN, in association with Universities UK, issued its guidance on paying for open access (OA) publication charges.…
We’ve known for a long time that the scholarly journal publishing business is highly-skewed; or, putting it another way, that it provides a classic instance of the long tail.…
This responds to the expressed needs of the scholarly journal community for consistent guidelines to help publishers ensure that journal content remains easily accessible by librarians and readers when there is a transfer between parties, and to ensure that…
Though this guide is published by SPARC, it is not presented as an advocacy document promoting the launch of OA Funds: rather it is predicated on an awareness that institutions are curious about these Funds. …
I enjoyed reading the RIN’s recent guide ‘Challenges for academic libraries in difficult economic times’.…
John and Laura Cox have now added to their series of reports (commissioned and published by ALPSP) on the state of journal publishing the first in which will surely be a new series of reports on scholarly book publishing practice. …
There?s been a flurry of articles this week about the effects of the internet on young people?s minds, sparked by BBC2?s Virtual Revolution series, exploring how the web is reshaping our lives.…
Established and led by the RIN, this group brings together representatives from the communities involved in scholarly communications.…
The RIN and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) are looking to commission two research projects as part of a portfolio of work looking at transitions in scholarly communications.…
The growth in demand for and use of e-books in academic libraries has been a slow one but is now taking off rapidly both for students and for researchers. …
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