It’s hard to imagine where the scholarly publishing landscape would be today without open access. As we reach two decades from the inception of open access, it’s important to evaluate how this model has revolutionized research and its potential future directions. A Brief History of Open Access 1991: The beginning of the open access movement … Continue reading Open Access: History, 20-Year Trends, and Projected Future for Scholarly Publishing
Plan S for/versus Early-Career Researchers
Last week saw the joint-hosting by ALPSP and UKSG of a one day conference in London on the theme of “Shifting Power Centres in Scholarly Communications”. Former researcher and Cabells Journal Auditor Dr. Sneha Rhode attended the event and shares her thoughts below from both sides of the research and policy divide. The ALPSP and … Continue reading Plan S for/versus Early-Career Researchers
Open Access Week 2019: “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge”
It is #OpenAccessWeek, and a number of players in the scholarly communications industry have used the occasion to produce their latest thinking and surveys, with some inevitable contradictions and confusion. Simon Linacre unpicks the spin to identify the key takeaways from the week. It's that time again, Open Access Week -or #openaccessweek, or #OAWeek19 or any number of hashtag-infected labels. The aim of this week … Continue reading Open Access Week 2019: “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge”
Predicting 2019 is a fool’s game… so here are some predictions!
Five things that may or may not happen this year -- In his first post of 2019, Simon Linacre lifts the lid on what he expects to happen in the most unpredictable of years since, erm, 2018... A very Happy New Year to everyone, and as has become traditional in post-Christmas, early-January posts, I thought … Continue reading Predicting 2019 is a fool’s game… so here are some predictions!
Curiosity, curation and cures
In his latest post, Simon Linacre considers ways to solve new problems in an old industry from CISPC 2018 This week saw the second hosting of the Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle (CISPC) event in London, where a motley collection of publishers, librarians and researchers convened to discuss the latest issues in the scholarly … Continue reading Curiosity, curation and cures
Academic freedom fighters
Isn't it worrying what your kids pick up from the radio and TV these days? When I was a child - back in the good ol' days of four TV channels and the one radio station my parents only ever seemed to listen to - I don't remember hearing the constant stream of news stories … Continue reading Academic freedom fighters