« La volumétrie des ressources électroniques (plus de 300 000 documents pour une université moyenne comme l’Université Paris-Est Créteil – UPEC) interdit l’idée même d’un signalement manuel. La nécessité d’un suivi régulier – tant pour des raisons éditoriales (parution ou suppression de titres) que commerciales (ventes de bouquets d’un éditeur à…
« Pour sa dixième édition, cette Journée livre électronique (JLE) était consacrée aux possibles offerts par l’ebook au lycée et à l’université, entre enrichissements et contraintes. Il y était question d’examiner les transitions qui traversent l’ebook dans ses contenus, qui tentent de favoriser la médiation entre l’enseignement secondaire et l’enseignement supérieur,…
« Open access to scholarly contents has grown substantially in recent years. This includes the number of books published open access online. However, there is limited study on how usage patterns (via downloads, citations and web visibility) of these books may differ from their closed counterparts. Such information is not only…
« This briefing paper created by the Jisc Learning Content Group provides an overview of the current e-textbook licensing landscape within higher education institutions. It outlines current practices and their impact on the library and suggests ways in which the sector can exert influence on publishers to change their pricing and…
« This report is the result of a 6- week internship project to research the role of academic book reviews, with a focus on reviews of open access monographs in major mainstream intellectual review publications. The project was inspired by the suggestion in Peter Baldwin’s 2018 article, ‘Why Are Universities Open…
« In this book, Janneke Adema proposes that we reimagine the scholarly book as a living and collaborative project—not as linear, bound, and fixed, but fluid, remixed, and liquid, a space for experimentation. She presents a series of cutting-edge experiments in arts and humanities book publishing, showcasing the radical new forms…
« Join Pierre Mounier (EHESS, OpenEdition, OPERAS), Jeroen Sondervan (Knowledge Exchange Open Access Working Group and Utrecht University Library), Graham Stone (Jisc), and key stakeholders in signing a position paper calling for investment in the open access book infrastructure (Zenodo version of record, Google…
« In April 2020, the OAPEN Library moved to a new platform, based on DSpace 6. During the same period, IRUS-UK started working on the deployment of Release 5 of the COUNTER Code of Practice (R5). This is, therefore, a good moment to compare two widely used usage metrics – R5…
« This blog post describes the ‘innovative business models for open access book publishing – 6 approaches in Europe’ workshop that took place on April 7th, 2021 (please scroll down for the video).
Together with the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA), OPERAS is hosting a series…
« Pour une ouverture des contenus et une pluralité d’éditeurs francophones dans nos collections d’ebooks
Les bibliothèques des établissements de l’Enseignement Supérieur ainsi que leurs homologues francophones à travers le monde ont à cœur de mettre à disposition des enseignants-chercheurs et des étudiants des ouvrages scientifiques de haut niveau et…
