(26 Apr 2022) The Chou Sing Chu Foundation (CSCF) School Library Sponsorship Programme recently added 20 primary schools to its 2022 cycle, bringing the total number of primary schools benefiting from the program to 70. CSCF is a non-profit organization that promotes Chinese culture, education and language. The program, launched in 2018, aims to…
(9 May 2022) Dr. Eiko Fried, an Associate Professor at Leiden University shared his journey with Robin Kok trying to understand what data Elsevier collects and trying to get their personal data deleted. Publishers such as Elsevier may collect more personal data than you think, with or without your consent. See here for the full…
(30 Apr 2022) Rankings may have started life as an information tool for the global era of higher education. But today they are principally a mechanism to collect and monetize data. As one ranker said to me: “Rankings themselves cannot make money; one has to find funding or make money to support ranking activities.”…
(3 May 2022) Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the international initiative for Open Access (OA), is pleased to announce the launch of the ninth round of funding today, which has to date helped publish over 3,000 scholarly books and 50 journals OA in a wide range of HSS and STEM fields. This year’s pledging options include KU’s flagship collection…
(2 May 2022) Nanyang Technological University’s research data repository, DR-NTU (Data), was launched by NTU Library in November 2017, with a mission to curate, store, preserve, make available and enable the download of digital data generated by the NTU research community in various disciplines. The requirement to deposit and share final research data was stipulated…
(6 May 2022) IGI Global has embarked on a collaboration with the University of North Texas (UNT) to release the publisher’s first platinum Open Access (OA) reference book. The forthcoming book which is set to release in early May, Global View of Open Access and Scholarly Communications, edited by Dr. Daniel Gelaw Alemneh of UNT, has…
(6 May 2022) ORCID is seeking a Grant Program Officer / Engagement Lead for our newly developed Global Participation Program, which aims to improve equity of participation in ORCID in currently underrepresented regions, especially the Global South. If you like to foster teamwork and genuine collaboration, are self-motivated, organized, dedicated, and enjoy the mission-driven environment of a fast-paced…
(5 May 2022) A fundamental principle of open access is that publication technology enables the widest possible audience for research findings. However, the extent to which open research is used outside of academia is often underexplored. Drawing on a dataset covering over a million user comments about their use of US National Academies consensus study…
By Ruth A. Pagell* What new metric has been added to THE Impact Rankings? How do Japan University Rankings differ from Japan in World Rankings? Is it better to rank 112 or 47 in QS Subject rankings (See Example 1)? (5 May 2022) This is a quick take on the usual spring updates, including…
(27 Apr 2022) China’s powerful State Council is calling on research institutions to expand and improve their ethics training. The directive, one of several detailed in a comprehensive ethics statement, is intended to address gaps in oversight exposed when Chinese researcher He Jiankui shocked the world by creating the first babies with edited genomes in 2018.…