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Category Archives: Journal publishing
Fees, subscriptions and the messy business of payments
Martin Fenner has posted on Gobbledygook about submission fees and open access, drawing attention to the release of a report on submission fees that was commissioned by Knowledge Exchange, a partnership of JISC (United Kingdom), SURF (Netherlands), DEFF (Denmark) and … Continue reading
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What are libraries for and are they worth it?
Back in August Elsevier published a report that looked at what value a University library delivers to its parent institution, particularly in terms of its research. It looked at eight institutions around the world and found that in six of … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Future of Libraries, Journal publishing
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My Science Online London 2010 impressions
I attended the Science Online London 2010 conference (SOLo10) last week. There is a round-up of post-conference reports elsewhere on Nature Network. This word cloud by Simon Cockell gives an idea of the key themes. My personal highlights are below, … Continue reading
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A gossip magazine for scientists?
The Irish Times reports that James Watson would like to start a gossip magazine for scientists. He is quoted as saying that “a magazine with true gossip would open up the possibility of real criticism in an overly polite and … Continue reading
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Online exhibition 2009 – quick overview
Early December is one of my favourite times of year. This is when the Online Information exhibition is held – the annual jamboree of information stuff for the digerati. It gives a snapshot of the information world and is always … Continue reading
Posted in E-books, Journal publishing, Open Access
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Everything you wanted to know about journals
The International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers has published, The STM Report: An overview of scientific and scholarly journal publishing, a follow-up to their 2006 report, Scientific publishing in transition: an overview of current developments. I’m not the … Continue reading
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Another new chemical journal
Competition is a wonderful thing. 18 months ago who ever would have thought that there was room for a general chemical journal? Then back in April along came Nature Chemistry and won some applause (sometimes mainly for its colour ). … Continue reading
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Time for a subscription review
As summer draws to a close and the new autumn season looms, it’s that time when librarians start to think about subscriptions for the next calendar year. (Actually we now think about them all year round – I just had … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Journal publishing
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