(7 Oct 2020) Indonesia is a world leader in the number of free-to-read published research journals. Journals published with open access (OA) licenses are available to read for free and can be legally redistributed. With the license, anyone can get the full article and all supporting documents for free because the author or research institute already bears the cost of…
The South Asian country is now fourth in the world for science productivity but experts say quality issues remain (22 Oct 2020) India’s research output has overtaken Germany’s for the first time and is fast catching up to the UK’s, but questions remain on how quickly the country can make progress on research quality. Figures…
(21 Oct 2020) The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the already steady transition towards Open Access publishing. However, precisely what this future looks like and how it will be paid for by smaller, independent publishers is less clear. In this post, Danielle Padula outlines key findings from a report into the current state of Open Access…
(21 Oct 2020) Following a period of voluntary work in the mountain region of Rasuwa in Nepal, a new library for children has now opened. This was of one of the worst hit areas of the 2015 earthquake in what remains one of the world’s poorest countries. Apart from natural disasters and remoteness, illiteracy…
(20 Oct 2020) The University of South Australia is hiring a Deputy Director Resources and Technical Services. Reporting to the Chief Information Officer, the position leads and manages client centric and innovative information services to support teaching, learning and research. As a key member of the University’s Library and IT Executive Team you will lead…
(24 Sept 2020) The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) today launched WIPO Lex-Judgments, a new database providing free-of-charge access to leading judicial decisions related to IP law from around the world. As technological innovation often outpaces the ability of legislatures and governments to create new rules and regulations, courts across the world are increasingly…
(20 Oct 2020) Huis van Eemnes (The Netherlands) is a new culture house. It is an inspiring third place to meet, create and participate, where both organised and spontaneous activities take place. It presents a combination of profit and non-profit organisations under one roof, initiating fascinating collaborations and programming. The House has an…
(8 Oct 2020) COAR is very pleased to announce the release of the COAR Community Framework for Best Practices in Repositories. The purpose of the framework is to assist repositories in evaluating and improving their current operations based on a set of applicable and achievable good practices. Currently, there are a number of…
(15 Oct 2020) PLOS, the nonprofit publisher that in 2003 pioneered the open-access business model of charging authors to publish scientific articles so they are immediately free to all, this week rolled out an alternative model that could herald the end of the author-pays era. One of the new options shifts the cost of publishing open-access…
(14 Oct 2020) Google Play Books is changing their commission structure for publishers and self-published authors. The ebook revenue split has been increased to 70% in 60+ countries. For many publishers, this new revenue split has already gone into effect. Publishers that did not accept the updated Terms of Service (ToS) from June 2019 will need…