Transition toward OA publishing model to boost growth, says new Technavio report on the global medical publishing market - August 15, 2019
The global medical publishing market is expected to post a CAGR of more than 3% during the period 2019-2023, according to the latest market research report by Technavio. However, the market’s momentum will decelerate in the coming years because of the decrease in year-over-year growth. … Read More
LibQUAL+ 2020 registration now open - August 14, 2019
The Association of Research Libraries is inviting libraries to join the global assessment community of LibQUAL+® by registering for the 2020 LibQUAL+ survey. LibQUAL+ is a tool that libraries use to solicit, track, understand, and act upon users’ opinions of service quality. The protocol is… Read More
MIT Press releases ‘Mind the Gap,’ a new report on all available open-source publishing software - August 9, 2019
The MIT Press has released Mind the Gap: A Landscape Analysis of Open Source Publishing Tools and Platforms (openly published at mindthegap.pubpub.org), a major report on the current state of all available open-source software for publishing. Funded by a grant from The… Read More
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology chooses Ex Libris campusM mobile platform - August 6, 2019
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that New Zealand’s Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology has chosen the Ex Libris campusMTM cloud-based mobile platform to provide a mobile-accessible portal that will increase student engagement in campus life. The campusM platform will replace a home-grown solution. … Read More
OA Monographs in Europe’s research libraries: best-practices, opportunities & challenges - August 5, 2019
Over 80% of surveyed LIBER libraries say they distribute Open Access (OA) books via a repository and include them in discovery services or catalogues. A further 40% publish OA books, or plan to do so, and a quarter provides library funding to pay author fees related… Read More
Toward a National Archival Finding Aid Network: CDL releases planning initiative update, and new report - August 5, 2019
The California Digital Library (CDL) has announced the availability of a new report, ‘Finding Aid Aggregation at a Crossroads’ (‘Crossroads’). This report is a primary deliverable of the ‘Toward a National Archival Finding Aid Network’ project, a one-year (October 2018 –… Read More
