Digital options are boosting space creativity and flexibility, reveals ProQuest survey - August 2, 2017
As libraries increasingly function as 'community hubs,' public librarians are prioritising space reclamation to create collaborative spaces, maker/hacker spaces and meeting rooms. This is according to a new ProQuest survey of public librarians about their views, plans and strategies related to space reclamation. A topic… Read More
Readers from TrendMD Network save 77 percent more articles to Mendeley, says study - July 27, 2017
A recent study published in Scientometrics illustrates that readers who discover articles from a TrendMD article recommendation save 77% more of these articles to Mendeley. Replicated studies have found that article saves of scholarly articles on reference managers such as Mendeley precede… Read More
New Jisc Report: Changing publishing ecologies – A landscape study of new university presses and academic-led publishing - July 24, 2017
Jisc has released a new report - Changing publishing ecologies: A landscape study of new university presses and academic-led publishing. The report, by Dr Janneke Adema (Coventry University) and Graham Stone (Jisc, formerly Collections and Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of Huddersfield), benchmarks the development of… Read More
New OpenCon report focuses on designing diverse, equitable and inclusive events - July 12, 2017
The organisers of OpenCon, a global community and conference series that aims to empower the next generation to advance openness in research and education, has released a report focused on minimising barriers to participation in conferences that convene academic communities. The report includes relevant lessons learned… Read More
Research and Markets adds ‘Analyzing the Publishing Industry in United States 2017’ report to their offering - July 10, 2017
Market research and data services provider Research and Markets, Ireland, has announced the addition of the 'Analyzing the Publishing Industry in United States 2017' report to their offering. The report begins with an analysis of the Global Publishing Industry and moves on to analyse the… Read More
China’s NCSTE partners with Clarivate Analytics to launch international scientific research collaboration report - July 5, 2017
China National Center for Science and Technology Evaluation (NCSTE) and Clarivate Analytics have launched a collaborative report entitled 'China's International Scientific Research Collaboration Landscape.' The report is based on the publication and citation data of global scientific research collaboration papers from the Web of Science powered… Read More
Collaboration essential for the future of the academic book, reveals Academic Book of the Future report - June 23, 2017
Two major new reports demonstrate that the future of the academic book is at a crossroads with the number of new book proposals growing rapidly but sales per title continuing to fall. Researchers on the Academic Book of the Future project are recommending that academics and publishers work together to… Read More
ProQuest solutions help libraries reclaim space - June 22, 2017
Over 80% of U.S. librarians have deemed space reclamation a priority or stated that it will be in the near future, according to research conducted by ProQuest. In response, ProQuest is combining content solutions with digitisation, assessment and discovery services to help libraries transform spaces and… Read More
OCLC Research and LIBER to launch collaborative information management study - June 14, 2017
OCLC Research and LIBER, the Association of European Research Libraries, will launch a collaborative project to explore the adoption and integration of persistent identifiers (PIDs) in European research information management (RIM) infrastructures. The project will complement and extend previous research institution-scale… Read More
COAR publishes new report – Asia Open Access Regional Survey - June 12, 2017
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has published a new report, Asia Open Access Regional Survey. The report presents the results of a survey of open access activities in Asia undertaken in early 2017. The continent of Asia is rapidly increasing in prominence on the… Read More
