Taylor & Francis survey examines authors’ choice of licences in OA publication - March 22, 2013
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis, UK, has revealed the findings of a survey on open access (OA). Authors were canvassed about their opinions and behaviour about licensing, reuse, peer review and metrics in relation to OA. They were asked to select their most preferred, and second-most… Read More
Rise in e-reading in the US and UK boosting growth of book e-tailers, says Bowker study - March 19, 2013
Bowker, a ProQuest affiliate, has released a new research study about e-retailers. According to the study, the rise in e-book reading in the US and UK over the past three years has been a key driver in the market share gains of e-retailers. In the… Read More
Taylor & Francis Open Access survey explores authors views on OA publishing and their level of involvement - March 18, 2013
Taylor & Francis' Research and Business Intelligence Department recently conducted a survey of the Taylor & Francis author community for their views on Open Access publishing and their level of involvement with it. This survey, circulated in the final weeks of 2012 leading into early 2013,… Read More
LITA publishes guide on improving visibility of digital resources through SEO - March 11, 2013
Kenning Arlitsch and Patrick OBrien, who have presented and published widely on search engine optmisation (SEO), have authored a new book titled Improving the Visibility and Use of Digital Repositories through SEO: A LITA Guide, published by ALA TechSource. The authors describe ways to ensure that… Read More
ARL and Ithaka S+R report on sustainability of digitised special collections - February 22, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Ithaka S+R have released a report on findings from an ARL-Ithaka S+R survey of ARL libraries on the range of activities and expenses that libraries undertake to support their digitised special collections. The report, titled 'Appraising our Digital Investment:… Read More
China, Korea outpace other BRICK nations in research, says Thomson Reuters report - February 21, 2013
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has published a report titled 'Building Bricks: Exploring the Global Research Impact of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Korea'. The report tracks global research publications, R&D spend and patent filings over a 10-year period to gauge benchmarks… Read More
SAGE to study library value in the developing world - February 20, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE is conducting a research study to investigate library value in the developing world. The project, 'Library Value in the Developing World' will investigate the value of academic libraries for teaching and research staff at twelve institutions selected from countries classified by the World… Read More
OCLC Research-RLUK survey examines special collections practices in UK and Ireland - February 14, 2013
OCLC Research and RLUK have collaborated to survey the special collections practices of RLUK members and OCLC Research Library Partnership institutions in the UK and Ireland. The findings from this survey as well as the resulting recommendations have just been published in a report "Survey of… Read More
JISC-funded research creates toolkit for greener teaching and learning in HE sector - January 31, 2013
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has funded a study by the Open University (OU) - the SusTEACH project – which has found that teaching models in higher education (HE) institutions are still not green enough. Institutions are urged to look beyond greening campus buildings… Read More
ARL releases pre-publication version of an article on The State of Large-Publisher Bundles in 2012 - January 24, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released a pre-publication version of an article on 'The State of Large-Publisher Bundles in 2012,' which will be featured in the forthcoming Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 282 (Spring 2013). In this article, authors Karla Strieb and Julia Blixrud… Read More
