(5 Mar 2024) A new report – part of The State of Open Data series – provides real-world insights into how the research community is responding to the challenges of data sharing, including support needed for researchers and the importance of building a stronger collaborative approach to open data and research. From theory to practice: Case studies…
(20 Mar 2024) Elsevier today launches ‘View from the top: academic leaders’ and funders’ insights on the challenges ahead’, a comprehensive report that investigates the complex issues academic leaders and funders face and their preparedness to tackle them. The report also explores the strategies senior leaders are developing to leverage the opportunities that will ensure long-term success for their…
(27 Mar 2024) For over a decade, our foundation has championed transparency, access, and equity in scholarly publishing by working with publishers and journals to develop more open and accessible research publishing practices. But our quest for a truly equitable and inclusive scholarly publishing ecosystem remains incomplete. Today, we’re announcing a refreshed policy for our grantees that we hope will…
(28 Mar 2024) Every research article submitted to a journal should come with a digital certificate validating that the authors’ institution(s) has completed a series of checks to ensure research integrity. Journals should not hold primary responsibility for detecting, correcting, and punishing authors for inappropriate behavior. Scholarly Kitchen has the article in full.
(19 Mar 2024) PIDs in scholarly communications and research infrastructure have garnered government attention lately. By aligning with frameworks such as FAIR and POSI and incorporating insights from global initiatives, we present some desirable characteristics of PID infrastructures to guide them. The article in full is here.
By Ruth A Pagell* (27 Mar 2024) I spent two months away from Ruth’s Rankings collaborating with a friend on a book chapter on open access that ended up being about open everything. During that time, CWTS Leiden started the new year with a new version of its rankings, using the new hot bibliometric…
(18 Mar 2024) Thailand’s national soft power sub-committee on books will propose to the government the establishment of ‘the Book Institute’ and ‘One Province, One Landmark Library’. The news in full is here.
(21 Mar 2024) The Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam) plans to build a Queen Mother Library and reading room near the Laos border in Stung Treng province to develop education and preserve important Cambodian documents. The province’s Borey O’Svay Senchey district Governor Ly Mina said that DC-Cam is a center that collects important historical…
(22 Mar 2024) While libraries are relatively easy to come by, reading materials for Australians who are blind or vision impaired aren’t as commonly found. The library at Brisbane’s Braille house is the largest in the country and is celebrating its 125th birthday. But despite its age the library received its first bout of…
(21 Mar 2024) “We help connect idle books to hungry minds,” reads a statement on the website of Hyderabad-based Food4Thought Foundation (food4thoughtfoundation.org). Formed in 2015 as a bridge connecting individuals who want to donate books idling on their shelves and educational institutions and those seeking books to open a small library, the organization has helped set up 622…