Patterns of Text Reuse in a Scientific Corpus
« We consider the incidence of text « reuse » by researchers, via a systematic pairwise comparison of the text content of all articles deposited to arXiv.org fr...
Étiquette : scientific practices
A Survey of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty Regarding Author Fees in Open Access Journals
« Discussions of the potential of open access publishing frequently must contend with the skepticism of research authors regarding the need to pay author fees (...
The Scholarly Communications Needs of Faculty: An Evidence-Based Foundation for the Development of Library Services
« Objectives – This exploratory research seeks to broadly understand the publishing behaviours and attitudes of faculty, across all disciplines, at the Universi...
L’offre de réseaux socio numériques pour les scientifiques : services et stratégies d’acteurs
Auteur/Author : Emma Bester Aux côtés des services généralistes et professionnels de sites de réseaux socio numériques (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn), se développe u...
The Transnational and the Text-Searchable: Digitized Sources and the Shadows They Cast
« This working paper explores the consequences for historians’ research practice of the twinned transnational and digital turns. The accelerating digitiza...
The Practicality of Resource Sharing in Academic Law Libraries in South-western Nigeria
« This study explores the practicability of resource sharing amongst Nigerian academic law libraries by looking at academic law libraries in south-west Nigeria....
What Do Researchers Need? Feedback On Use of Online Primary Source Materials
« Cultural heritage institutions are increasingly providing online access to primary source materials for researchers. While the intent is to enable round-the-c...