« In the context of a growing international focus on open access publishing options and mandates, this paper explores the extent to which the ideals of ‘openness’ are also being applied…
« (…) This study investigates and compares the systematic search qualities of 28 widely used academic search systems, including Google Scholar, PubMed and Web of Science. A novel, query‐based method tests…
« The Austrian Science Fund FWF, the Austrian Library Consortium (Kooperation E-Medien Österreich, KEMÖ) and Springer Nature have renewed their existing open access contract for Springer journals. The transformative agreement enables…
« (…) Le cours What’s Up Doc vous apprendra, par la pratique dans de vrais outils documentaires, à mener une recherche de niveau académique, à extraire des documents de qualité, à…
« (…) A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed today between MPDL Services, on behalf of Projekt DEAL, and Springer Nature sets the scene for the world’s most comprehensive open access (OA)…
« Data proliferation and a lack of confidence in the multitude of research outputs is adding to researcher workload and is likely to impact public confidence in science, according to a…
« This case study outlines the challenges and opportunities that we are currently facing with data management of acquired datasets at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) Library and the…
« Libraries have long been concerned with the transition to the Semantic Web. Studies have shown that many patrons begin their search for library materials on the Web as opposed to…
« During the Open Repositories 2019 conference CORE launched CORE Discovery, a service providing one-click access to free copies of research papers. The…
« (…) Neil Grindley, head of resource discovery at Jisc, said:
“We are delighted to introduce these next-generation library services, which will help researchers and librarians…