Tag Archives for Scholarly Communications
Big Deal : Should Universities Outsource More Core Research Infrastructure?
Research universities have developed in symbiosis with a robust set of commercial providers that serve their needs. From food service providers to run dining halls to private equity firms to manage parts of the endowment, outsourcing has allowed universities to … Continue reading
What Can Altmetric.com Tell Us About Policy Citations of Research? An Analysis of Altmetric.com Data for Research Articles from the University of Sheffield
There is a growing interest in using and analyzing altmetric data for quantifying the impact of research, especially societal impact (Bornmann, 2014, Thelwall et al., 2016, Haunschild and Bornmann, 2017). This study therefore aimed to explore the usefulness of Altmetric.com … Continue reading
Digital Science Report Reveals Potential Behind Blockchain Technology for Scholarly Communication and Research
New report considers the developments and varying perspectives of blockchain technology and its possible impact on the academic arena. Read More
NASIG updates strategic plan
NASIG recently announced availability of the NASIG Strategic Plan 2017-2021. This new strategic plan reflects NASIG’s evolution from an organization primarily focused on serials management to one with a broader scope including electronic resources management and scholarly communications. Read More
Biological Science Societies Hope to Convince Authors to Stay in the Society Family
As a society publisher, my colleagues and I have been asked on several occasions to participate in discussions about remaining competitive against commercial publishers. Staying competitive is a tough thing to do when you are out-spent and out-resourced. Read More
Springer Nature published a white paper The OA effect: How does open access affect the usage of scholarly books?
This report presents the first major comparative analysis of usage data for OA and non-OA scholarly books, and provides an informed view of how a book benefits from OA publication. It also highlights the challenges involved in measuring the impact … Continue reading
Research Library Issues, no. 291 (2017): Holistic Librarianship
While not a new topic, many conversations are occurring about the roles of library staff and the changing nature of their work in support of research, teaching, and learning. Boundaries between specific functions or departments within the library continue to … Continue reading
Closing the divide: Subject librarians and scholarly communication librarians can work together to reach common goals
As ACRL President, I am very interested in the changes that our members and the profession are experiencing and in making connections to our goals in the ACRL Plan for Excellence.1 Our plan enables ACRL to invest member resources in … Continue reading
Library Publishing and the University Press in the United States and Germany: Lessons from Two Academic Contexts for Sustaining the Scholarly Book
Many academic libraries have embraced an active publishing role in recent years, an important component in libraries’ efforts to address mounting pressures throughout the scholarly communications cycle. Libraries in the United States and Germany have been especially assertive in this … Continue reading
Perceptions of Scholarly Communication Among Library and Information Studies Student
Professional discourse concerning scholarly communication (SC) suggests a broad consensus that this is a burgeoning functional area in academic libraries. The transformed research lifecycle and the corresponding changes in copyright applications, publishing models, and open access policies have generated unprecedented … Continue reading