E-books in academic libraries: results of a survey carried out in Sweden and Lithuania
Authors : Elena Maceviciute, Tom D. Wilson, Arūnas Gudinavičius, Andrius Šuminas Introduction This paper reports on a study of e-books issues in academic libra...
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A Proposed Currency System for Academic Peer Review Payments Using the BlockChain Technology
Author : Michael Spearpoint Peer review of scholarly papers is seen to be a critical step in the publication of high quality outputs in reputable journals. Howe...
Open Access Research Via Collaborative Educational Blogging: A Case Study from Library & Information Science
Authors : Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Camden Bernard Clark This article charts the development of activities for online graduate students in library and informati...
Theory and Practice of Data Citation
Author : Gianmaria Silvello Citations are the cornerstone of knowledge propagation and the primary means of assessing the quality of research, as well as direct...
Software Heritage: Why and How to Preserve Software Source Code
Authors : Roberto Di Cosmo, Stefano Zacchiroli Software is now a key component present in all aspects of our society. Its preservation has attracted growing att...
Fast and Furious (at Publishers): The Motivations behind Crowdsourced Research Sharing
Authors : Carolyn Caffrey Gardner, Gabriel J. Gardner Crowdsourced research sharing takes place across social media platforms including Twitter hashtags such as...
Measuring Cost per Use of Library-Funded Open Access Article Processing Charges: Examination and Implications of One Method
Authors : Crystal Hampson, Elizabeth Stregger INTRODUCTION Libraries frequently support their open access (OA) fund using money from their collections budget. I...