Academic research should benefit society and not shareholders
Shareholder value maximisation has been severely criticised in recent years, with a growing number of prominent business leaders recognising that companies have obligations to society as well as their shareholders. >>
Helping institutions share their research for the benefit of society
Maximising the distribution and exposure of research articles has long been a challenge for many universities and other research institutions. Jisc's Publications Router can help make open access articles more findable. >>
Open access publishing should be the default
Chris Banks, library director at Imperial College London reflects on the importance of a rapid shift toward full and immediate open access to research. >>
Serving students in times of COVID is challenging for us librarians
Always at the heart of the university, the library during lockdown is a lifeline for many students. But library directors are struggling to balance the needs of their students and staff. >>
Reflecting on 2020 – and getting ready for 2021
COVID-19 has accelerated the shift to digital learning and teaching and a tremendous amount of work has taken place to make this shift happen. We look back at some of the highlights of 2020 in supporting this rapid transformation in teaching, learning and research. >>
How institutional repositories support the transition to open research - and reduce admin burden for librarians
Publisher and funder mandates and the desire to embrace best practice in open research, reproducibility and research integrity means universities now need to carefully manage, store and share their digital research outputs. >>
Keeping up with deteriorating data
Deciding to do nothing about preservation could be a disaster, says Paul Stokes, senior co-design manager at Jisc. >>
The UK Wiley read and publish agreement – nine months on
A 2018 review estimated that only 28% of all scholarly publications are open access. But the pandemic has heightened the need for full and immediate open access to research and has thrown into sharp relief the barriers that paywalls present to free and unfettered access to knowledge. >>
Why price transparency is important when buying academic journal access
It's often not clear how much a university needs to pay to access scholarly articles. For Anna Vernon, the move away from paywall publishing offers the opportunity to re-examine these costs. >>
Not all foreign students are home from home
During the current pandemic, not all students studying from home have the same access rights to scholarly content. That’s especially true of learners that are studying abroad at a partner organisation or foreign campus for a UK qualification. >>
