This two-part report takes in-depth look at how researchers in the UK use electronic journals, the value they bring to universities and research institutions and the contribution they make to research productivity, quality and outcomes.…
As part of our transitions in scholarly communications portfolio of projects, this first report investigates the barriers to moving to e-only publishing of scholarly journals, and ways in which those barriers might be overcome.…
A new portfolio of research projects will be focusing on transitions to electronic-only publication, gaps in access, the dynammics of improving access to research papers and the future of scholarly communication.…
Genuine altruism isn’t exactly rife within the biological sciences or anywhere else (even charitable giving can be cast as guilt avoidance).…
The RIN in collaboration with the Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL) has assessed the impact of the Scottish Higher Education Digital Library (SHEDL) initiative which aims to provide a common set of journals to all Scottish&…
11 October: The future of scholarly publishing – where do we go from here? This event has now taken place; a report from the meeting can be found below. An informative blog from Christina Costa (University of Salford) can also be found here.…
I’m a fan of peer review. There, I’ve said it. And I’m not saying it in the way that Sir Winston Churchill famously spoke of democracy; “the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried.”…
Having blogged about the SWETSWise’s promised new online service to allow librarians (and others) to discover which books are available in e-format, and to compare purchasing models, licence conditions and prices, last autumn, I can now state that it has co…
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. …
A new guide from the Research Information Network focuses on how academic librarians are experiencing and responding to financial cuts in the current economic climate.…
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