What Do Statements of Support for California Tell Us About the Big Deal?
What do statements of support for UC reveal about open access publishing, institutional priorities, and the role of library-publisher contracts?
Articles Summaries that “Spoil” the Paper to Save Reader Time
As there is too little time to read all the papers, Paper Digest automatically lists out the key sentences of a paper.
Diverting Leakage to the Library Subscription Channel
Springer Nature is leading in the effort to preserve library subscriptions by syndicating its content and, in doing so, would establish ResearchGate as perhaps the foremost service for the distribution of scholarly content. Analysis by @lisalibrarian and @rschon.
Open and Equitable Scholarly Communication: An ACRL Research Agenda
ACRL’s latest report identifies needed areas of research to help foster a more open, inclusive and equitable scholarly communications system.
Will Transformative Agreements Unravel Library Consortia?
Will cost share allocations for transformative agreements threaten the cohesion of library consortia?
If At First You Don’t Succeed … Make Another Response to Plan S?
cOAlition S rebuffed recommendations for continuing hybrid and supporting sister journals. Springer Nature tries again with concept of the “Transformative Publisher.” Thoughts?
Transformative Agreements: A Primer
Read-and-publish? Publish-and-read? A primer on transformative agreements by @lisalibrarian.
ACRL 2019: Recasting the Narrative
See what Scholarly Kitchen Chef @lisalibrarian is looking forward to at #acrl2019 and sessions where you can find Scholarly Kitchen Chefs presenting.
Springer Nature Syndicates Content to ResearchGate
A pilot project representing the first significant experiment with the syndication of publisher content to a content supercontinent.
Is Hybrid a Valid Pathway to Open Access? Publishers Argue Yes, in Response to Plan S
As we await the next communication from Coalition S, the largest publishers indicate that they will not abandon the hybrid pathway for open access.