(26 Aug 2026) CAUL has published an analysis of the pressure that rising publication volumes place on capped and volume-based open-access agreements. It argues that publishers’ expanding titles, transfer pathways and growing submissions can increase the volume risk ultimately carried by libraries. While uncapped agreements can protect authors’ ability to publish openly during the agreement…
(19 Aug 2026) Research is no longer found only through journal pages and conventional indexes. The same work may appear on a preprint server, a publisher platform, an institutional repository, a scholarly index, a licensed AI collection, and eventually inside generated summaries or answers. AI systems may retrieve passages from any of these places, split the…
(19 Aug 2026) The Contributor Roles Taxonomy, or CrediT, has over the past years clarified how different hands lead to the creation of research papers. Taking stock of the past decade, Andrea Chiarelli, Lucia Loffreda, Liz Allen, Mohammad Hosseini, Sandra Bendiscioli and Holly Ranger consider CrediT’s success and the challenges it faces if it is to become more embedded in funding and research assessment processes. In 2024, roughly 22…
(27 Aug 2026) Unlock new opportunities in library leadership and innovation with the Transforming University Libraries Leadership & Innovation Programme (TULLIP), designed to connect library professionals across ASEAN and beyond. Hosted by NUS Libraries, this programme offers librarians, curators, academics or independent researchers a unique chance to network, gain critical skills, and engage in hands-on…
(26 Aug 2026) Dolly Parton had first-hand experience of the effects of limited literacy. Her father could not read or write. He was, she once said, “the smartest man I have ever known but I know in my heart his inability to read probably kept him from fulfilling all of his dreams.” This sentiment fuelled…