Converting Scholarly Journals to Open Access: A Review of Approaches and Experiences
Authors : David Solomon, Mikael Laakso, Bo-Christer Björk This report identifies ways through which subscription-based scholarly journals have converted their p...
Auteur/autrice : Hans Dillaerts
The Open Flip – a digital economic model for education
Author : Martin Weller The advent of the internet and digital technologies has given rise to a number of new economic models. These have often been applied to e...
Positioning extension Massive Open Online Courses (xMOOCs) within the open access and the lifelong learning agendas in a developing setting
Author : Bernard Nkuyubwatsi Recent reports on xMOOCs indicated that underprivileged learners in need for higher education have minimally been reached by these ...
Tracking the Digital Footprints to Scholarly Articles from Social Media
Authors : Xianwen Wang, Zhichao Fang, Xinhui Guo Scholarly articles are discussed and shared on social media, which generates altmetrics. On the opposite side, ...
Discovery and Reuse of Open Datasets: An Exploratory Study
Authors : Sara Mannheimer, Leila Belle Sterman, Susan Borda Objective This article analyzes twenty cited or downloaded datasets and the repositories that house ...
Chinese Postgraduate Medical Students Researching for Publication
Author : Yongyan Li The value of including a research component in medical students’ training programs has been widely recognized. Nevertheless, examples of how...
arXiv@25: Key findings of a user survey
Authors : Oya Y. Rieger, Gail Steinhart, Deborah Cooper As part of its 25th anniversary vision-setting process, the arXiv team at Cornell University Library con...