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
Primary Research Group publishes Survey of the Academic Library Role in the Use of Open Access Textbooks and Other Open Access Educational Materials - August 25, 2017
Primary Research Group Inc. has published the Survey of the Academic Library Role in the Use of Open Access Textbooks and Other Open Access Educational Materials. This seminal study presents data from 50 colleges and universities about their academic library policies in providing open access… Read More
New study explores most popular phase of product development for starting medical publications activities - August 21, 2017
A new study by business intelligence provider Cutting Edge Information has found that the highest percentage of surveyed life science teams (30%) delay medical publications activities until products enter the registration and launch phase of product development. The study, 'Planning Medical Abstracts and Manuscripts,' analysed… Read More
Nature Index points industry to institutions providing ideas behind inventions - August 10, 2017
The Nature Index 2017 Innovation supplement sheds new light on the impact academic research is having on innovation by examining how research articles are cited in third party patents. By looking at patents owned by third parties – informed by and citing academic work – rather… Read More
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
