The persistence of open access electronic journals
Author : Elizabeth A. Lightfoot Purpose Open access (OA) electronic journals have been identified as potentially at risk of loss without more coordinated preser...
Auteur/autrice : Hans Dillaerts
Open supply? On the future of document supply in the world of open science
Author : Joachim Schöpfel Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a personal viewpoint on the development of document supply in the context of the recen...
Open Access, Privacy, and Human Rights : A Case Study on Ethics in Library and Information Sciences Education
Author : Joachim Schöpfel Purpose How do students comment on ethical principles, which principles are important for their awareness of librarianship, how do the...
Publishers’ responses to the e-book phenomenon: survey results from three ‘small language’ markets
Authors : T.D. Wilson, Elena Maceviciute Introduction This paper reports on a study of publishers’ attitudes towards e-books in the context of the global ...
Opportunities From the Digital Revolution : Implications for Researching, Publishing, and Consuming Qualitative Research
Authors : Louise Corti, Nigel Fielding In the 1990s, the term “online” research emerged as a new and vibrant suite of methods, focused on exploitation of source...
Scholarly Management Publication and Open Access Funding Mandates: a Review of Publisher Policies
Author : Jessica Lange The open access movement has been growing steadily over the past twenty years. Recently, many national funding agencies in North America ...
Altmetrics and Grey Literature: Perspectives and Challenges
Authors : Joachim Schöpfel, Hélène Prost Traditional metrics largely overlook grey literature. The new altmetrics introduced in 2010 as » new, online scholarly...