(4 Dec 2024) The paper mill crisis has polluted the scholarly record and eroded public trust in science. Miriam Maus of IOP Publishing shares her view from the front lines of the fight for publishing integrity. Katina has the interview in full here.
By Lukas Tschopp* (10 Dec 2024) Higher education is being fundamentally challenged by the introduction of large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT. In my daily interactions as a liaison librarian, I observe the erosion of core academic principles by these tools: Students using AI as an unreliable source of information, prioritizing polished presentation…
(3 Dec 2024) Every December Choice publishes its list of Outstanding Academic Titles. This prestigious list reflects the best in scholarly titles, both print and digital, reviewed by Choice during the previous year and brings with it the extraordinary recognition of the academic library community. The list is quite selective, containing approximately ten percent of some 5,000…
(3 Dec 2024) Digital Science has announced that Altmetric, which gauges the online attention of research, has added the social media platform Bluesky as a new attention source for published research. This major development sees Altmetric become the first to systematically track the impact of conversations about research on Bluesky, which has reached more than 23 million users.…
(28 Nov 2024) Billed as a major advancement for Indian academia, the Indian government this week announced the impending launch of its One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) scheme for international academic journals that will promote fair access to what are often extremely pricey but vital academic resources. The centralised subscription of academic journals aims…