(21 Feb 2019) OpenStax, a nonprofit based at Rice University that publishes free online peer-reviewed textbooks, reports that more than two million students at U.S. colleges used at least one of its textbooks during the 2017-2018 school year. The nonprofit also estimates that students saved $177 million using the free textbooks in the 2017-2018 year. The…
(3 March 2019) A rare and exciting senior leadership opportunity has arisen within our Library at the University of South Australia. The Library supports the University’s teaching learning and research mission through the provision of relevant information resources and associated support services. Access to Library resources and services is both virtual, anywhere, anytime and any device…
(27 February 2019) China has vowed to improve the quality and efficiency of its rural libraries through reform and innovation efforts, according to an action plan released by central authorities, Trend reports referring to China Daily. Among the measures, supplies of e-reading products and services will be increased at rural libraries, and reading activities of…
(1 March 2019) A new report on Plan S from the Institute for Scientific Information, using Web of Science data poses a number of questions for the research community, including funders, publishers and institutions. This is the second report in the Global Research series from the recently relaunched Institute for Scientific Information. The report, “The…
(1 March 2019) ResearchGate and Springer Nature are partnering to pioneer innovative access models for scientific content in the rapidly evolving research ecosystem. Full-text articles published in select Nature journals since November 2017 will be rolled out to researchers’ ResearchGate profiles starting now and completed by March 7, making it easier to read or download research…
(1 Mar 2019) The European Patent Office has published a report detailing differences in the laws and procedures of European countries for the granting of compulsory licences. The report is entitled, Compulsory licensing in Europe: A country-by-country overview [pdf], and was published in January. Intellectual Property Watch has the full story.
(25 February 2019) Redalyc was one of ORCID’s earliest supporters in Latin America and they’ve used ORCID to build an infrastructure that supports researchers. Redalyc offers author profile pages and tools for specific editions of scientific journals, in order to support the sustainability of Open Access in the region. ORCID interviewed with Redalyc’s Executive Director, Arianna Becerril, to…
(26 February 2019) A new module has now been added to the nanotechnology research database Nano. The patent module allows users to sort through over 22 million nano-related patents across all major jurisdictions and languages. This means that researchers can find patents from areas highly affected by nanotechnology, narrow their search by country, filing year and jurisdiction,…
(25 February 2019) The Chinese government will invest 300 million yuan (44.9 million U.S. dollars) in the next 10 years in its greatest efforts of protection and utilization of ancient documents in the Potala Palace, a World Heritage site in Lhasa, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. At present, a total of nearly 40,000 books of precious ancient…
(22 February 2019) Celebrated architect Tadao Ando hopes that a new library he has designed, which will open in Osaka in March 2020, will inspire children, giving them the strength to live their own lives and spark ideas that lead to a dazzling future. The library will be a three-story reinforced concrete building with a total floor…
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