Peer Review Week 2017 to focus on Transparency in Review - September 6, 2017
To honour and celebrate peer review, a group of organisations is working collaboratively to plan a week of activities and events. The group has announced that the third annual Peer Review Week will run from September 11- 17, 2017. The theme of Peer Review Week… Read More
Library Journal and JSTOR host panel on ebook acquisition - September 5, 2017
Library Journal and JSTOR recently hosted a panel on the benefits and tradeoffs of Evidence-Based Acquisition (EBA). EBA is a purchasing model that allows academic librarians to combine insights from usage data with their deep knowledge of local research and teaching needs… Read More
Collaborative monograph storage feasibility study published - September 1, 2017
For many university libraries, space shortage remains a major challenge, particularly balancing the need for increasing study space while some physical collections continue to grow. The HE sector has worked in partnership with the British Library (BL) since 2007 to manage print journals collaboratively through the… Read More
Peer Review Week calls for community-wide participation - August 30, 2017
The theme of Peer Review Week 2017, which runs from September 11-17, 2017, is Transparency in Review, a topic that will allow the community to explore a wide range of opportunities and challenges that this presents for peer review. With activities taking place on social media… Read More
Six communities launch preprint services to accelerate dissemination of research - August 30, 2017
This week, six communities launched preprint services to accelerate dissemination of research. These include INA-Rxiv, the preprint server of Indonesia; LISSA, an open scholarly platform for library and information science; MindRxiv, a service for research on mind and contemplative practices; NutriXiv, a preprint service for the nutritional sciences; paleorXiv, a… Read More
Pieter Duisenberg appointed new President of the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) - August 29, 2017
Pieter Duisenberg has been appointed as the new President of the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU). As of 1 October 2017, he will succeed Karl Dittrich who has led the VSNU since 2012 and who will now retire. The VSNU faces the challenge… Read More
