82 percent of academic libraries consider space reclamation a priority, reveals ProQuest’s 2016 space reclamation survey - November 1, 2016
ProQuest has released a new survey of more than 600 libraries. The survey found that 82 percent of academic libraries consider space reclamation a priority or believe it will be in the near future. More than a third have prioritized repurposing space for more than five… Read More
Clarivate Analytics and Chinese Academy of Sciences release annual report identifying hottest and emerging fields in scientific research - November 1, 2016
Clarivate Analytics, formerly the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, and Chinese Academy of Sciences have released 'Research Fronts 2016', an annual report identifying prominent areas of scientific research over the past year. This is the third collaborative report from… Read More
Public Library Association releases first Project Outcome Annual Report - November 1, 2016
The Public Library Association (PLA) has launched the first Project Outcome Annual Report. PLA's Project Outcome is a free toolkit designed to help public libraries understand and share the true impact of essential library services and programs by providing simple surveys and an easy-to-use process… Read More
Nature Index 2016 Australia and New Zealand supplement names Melbourne and Sydney as leading hotspots for innovation in Australia - October 27, 2016
According to the Nature Index, Melbourne was Australia's leading city in terms of high-quality science output in 2015, followed by Sydney. The index also shows that Brisbane saw the fastest growth in output between 2012 and 2015, and is home to the highest-placed institution in Australia,… Read More
New Figshare report provides new insights into the global state of open data - October 26, 2016
Figshare, an online digital repository for academic research, has released the results of its global survey of 2,000 researchers and report, "The State of Open Data," to assess the global landscape around open data and sharing practices. This report has been supported by parent company
Knowledge Unlatched launches institutional usage statistics reports - October 25, 2016
Knowledge Unlatched (KU), a not-for- profit company based in England, has announced that it will be launching institutional usage statistics reports in November for libraries which participated in KU's Pilot Open Access e-book collection. The reports are based on institutional IP addresses using COUNTER-compliant data… Read More
Outsell releases Information Industry Outlook 2017 report, with the key theme ‘All Data, Nothing But Data’ - October 10, 2016
Research and advisory firm Outsell, Inc. has released its Information Industry Outlook 2017 report, with the key theme All Data, Nothing But Data. From individualised medical treatment to targeted mobile ad buys, the burgeoning number of applications for machine driven data analytics solutions offer a revenue… Read More
Open access represents one third of all research articles published, says Simba report - October 7, 2016
The number of open access (OA) research articles published annually is growing at double the rate of the complete spectrum of research articles. This is according to the most recent report from media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information. The report, Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020,… Read More
IOP Publishing announces reviewer survey in a bid to help understand communities’ needs - September 23, 2016
As part of Peer Review Week, IOP Publishing is launching a reviewer survey to better understand the experience of refereeing an article and to provide an evidential basis for the further development of their referee services. Developments in scientific publishing can often focus on the experience… Read More
New ‘results free’ peer-review process to be piloted for academic publishing - September 21, 2016
The open access journal, BMC Psychology, has announced it will launch the first ever randomised controlled trial to find out if a 'results free' peer-review process can help reduce publication bias. 'Results free' means that reviewers of research manuscripts submitted for publication will not be able… Read More
