« Copyright laws around the world are constantly changing in an attempt to adapt – or react – to the digital world. These changes can have a major impact on how libraries function and on the public service they provide. While some reforms offer new possibilities and legal certainty, others look…
« une liste de liens utiles avec quelques commentaires critiques (…) »
« This is a list of organizations which make OA advocacy a significant part of their mission. For this purpose, advocacy goes beyond providing OA to other forms of promoting OA. (…) »
« Clarivate Analytics, the global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to enable researchers to accelerate discovery, today released its publication of its annual Highly Cited Researchers list. The citation analysis identifies the most frequently cited researchers as determined by the extent…
« Nobody among members of the World Intellectual Property Organization disputes the importance of the public services provided by libraries and archives. However, positions are different when it comes to providing exceptions to copyright to those entities so they can continue to dispense their services, in particular in the digital age.…
« En 2015, les dépenses intérieures de R&D au niveau mondial connaissent une augmentation de 2,6 %. Elles atteignent 463 milliards de dollars (Md$) aux Etats-Unis, 377 Md$ en Chine et 346 Md$ dans I’UE28. Les économies émergentes assurent désormais près du tiers de la dépense mondiale de recherche. En 2015, l’intensité…
« (…) This report is the second in the series and includes survey results and a collection of articles from global industry experts, as well as a foreword from Jean-Claude Burgelman, Head of Unit Open Data Policies and Science Cloud at the European Commission. (…) »
« The world’s major cities, such as New York, London, and Tokyo, are losing their predominant position in the production and circulation of scientific articles, according to a study carried out by the Laboratoire interdisciplinaire solidarités, sociétés, territoires (CNRS/University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès/EHESS/ENSFEA), the INCREASE Federation at the CNRS, and the…
« To foster the role of open science in scientific practice, some universities offer comprehensive information, guidelines and services besides confessing to open science. Here are a few examples that demonstrate how universities design their open science guides. (…) »
« L’IFLA, Fédération internationale des associations et institutions de bibliothèques, présente fièrement une carte mondiale des bibliothèques, qui recense leurs effectifs, le nombre d’inscrits, le nombre de visites, mais aussi les prêts de livres imprimés et numériques… Une carte participative, évidemment, en constante évolution. (…) »
