« Many academic publishers are adopting article processing charges (APCs) to fund the publication of open access (OA) research in their journals. Yet, as some of the burden of paying for article production shifts from library subscription fees to author-side fees, insight into how it’s affecting authors is somewhat limited. How…
« For generations, most research libraries have had employees with deep subject expertise. Once known as bibliographers, these scholars and librarians originally focused their efforts on selection for collection building. Today, there is real anxiety about the role of subject expertise and academic liaisons in research libraries. We argue that evidence…
« PKP is pleased to announce it has entered into a strategic relationship with the mission driven non-profit Impactstory. PKP and Impactstory are excited to work together to support the adoption of open source software that enables a more open and diverse environment of scholarly activities. PKP and Impactstory will collaborate…
« Le 16 mai 2017, le Guggenheim a annoncé avoir restauré la première œuvre digitale acquise. « Brandon » de Shu Lea Cheang pourra ainsi rejoindre de manière durable la collection permanente du musée de New York. C’est la première œuvre d’art numérique restaurée par l’institution. (…) »
« The Research Council have conducted an evaluation of the entire field of the humanities. Research and teaching activities are viewed in an overall context, and special focus is placed on the societal impact of the research carried out.
The evaluation of humanities research in Norway started in autumn 2015 and…
« Portée par la Maison de la recherche en sciences humaines (MRSH-Caen, USR3486, CNRS / Université de Caen Normandie) et par la Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme (Paris), Numédif (NUMérique pour l’ÉDItion et la DIFFusion de la production scientifique) est une infrastructure de recherche…
« Tony Hey charts the progress of the US and UK Open Science movement
(…) Nobel laureate Ken Wilson called computation the “third paradigm” of scientific research, where computational science does not replace the paradigms of theory and experiment but requires scientists to learn new and different skills. These include…
« This dynamic, innovative, evolving and open platform publishes contributions connected to the AHRC/British Library project, The Academic Book of the Future, which has been investigating key aspects of scholarly publishing for the last two years, led by a team of academics from UCL and Kings College London. The platform, which…
« This House of Commons briefing paper answers some frequently asked questions about international and EU students in the UK. It sets out statistics in this area and outlines policy issues including the potential impact of Brexit and the net migration target on international and EU student recruitment. (…) »
« This document provides an overview of European databases and repositories for research output within the social sciences and humanities.
The overview is a result of a survey conducted within the framework of European Network for Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences and Humanities (ENRESSH, www.enressh.eu).
The overview…
