Bowker to supply data for Book+Main - December 15, 2017
Book+Main, a social media company that enables readers to engage with their favourite authors and discover new ones, has announced a partnership with Bowker to connect them with metadata to enhance their business. Bowker is a ProQuest affiliate and acts as the retail agent for ProQuest's… Read More
ORCID User Facilities and Publications Working Group working collectively to promote facilities use - December 14, 2017
The ORCID User Facilities and Publications Working Group has issued a report that suggests a route to improved attribution and acknowledgement of research support related to use of facilities and specialised equipment, and better tools for the capture and analysis of that information. The Working… Read More
North American academic libraries struggle to meet demand for non-English language content, says new report - December 8, 2017
Academic libraries are struggling to meet a rising demand for non-English language content, according to new survey results published by ProQuest. Rising international student enrolments and the popularity of programs that use foreign language content are increasing the importance of foreign language materials in library collections,… Read More
New Nature Index data indicates surge in collaboration as businesses outsource discovery to academia - December 7, 2017
New data from the Nature Index show that as corporations have scaled back their own in-house research, there has been a surge in collaboration with academic and government research bodies, as they look to share the burden of scientific discovery. These findings are featured in the… Read More
37% of UK research outputs freely available immediately at the time of publication, says new report - December 6, 2017
The Universities UK Open Access Coordination Group has released a report, according to which, the proportion of UK research which is available via open access is increasing at a considerable rate, with 37% of research outputs freely available to the world immediately at publication. This report,… Read More
COAR publishes Behaviours and Technical Recommendations of the COAR Next Generation Repositories Working Group report - November 30, 2017
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has published the report, Behaviours and Technical Recommendations of the COAR Next Generation Repositories Working Group. In April 2016, COAR launched the Next Generation Repository Working Group to identify new functionalities and technologies for… Read More
