ORCID’s funder working group publishes its recommendations - September 6, 2019
ORCID's Funder Working Group, part of the ORBIT (ORCID Reducing Burden and Improving Transparency) initiative, has published three reports summarising their work to date. The reports cover ORCID and grant DOIs and the use of ORCID in grant applications and grant reporting processes. Collectively, they… Read More
Market report publishers must understand how customers use their syndicated content, notes new Publish Interactive whitepaper - August 29, 2019
Publish Interactive, a research publishing tech provider, has released a new whitepaper, according to which, publishers of high-value B2B market analysis must ensure they understand how their customers use content to remain competitive. Trends in High-Value Research Publishing 2019 points out that publishers of chargeable research… Read More
UNSILO survey on AI in academic publishing - August 28, 2019
UNSILO is running a survey on AI in academic publishing. The survey explores attitudes to the use of AI, and the extent of take-up of AI tools in the academic publishing workflow. Respondents include authors, publishers, librarians, and others involved in academic publishing. The results of… Read More
Growth in data and questions on quality are increasing researcher workload, says new study - August 21, 2019
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 survey of the global research community on trust in research – one of the largest surveys known to date. The… Read More
Choice white paper supports libraries to develop and implement a marketing outreach strategy - August 21, 2019
Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), has announced the publication of the fourth in a series of white papers designed to provide actionable intelligence around topics of importance to the academic library community. This paper, their second marketing-focused publication… Read More
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
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
