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Universities can improve academic services through wider recognition of altmetrics and alt-products

Universities can improve academic services through wider recognition of altmetrics and alt-products

"As altmetrics gain traction across the scholarly community, publishers and academic institutions are seeking to develop standards to encourage wider adoption. Carly Strasser provides an overview of why altmetrics are here to stay and how universities might begin to incorporate altmetrics into their own services. While this process might take some time, institutions can begin by encouraging their researchers to recognize the importance of all of their scholarly work (datasets, software, etc)........ "

Data sharing and its implications for academic libraries

 Jeonghyun Kim, (2013) "Data sharing and its implications for academic libraries", New Library World, Vol. 114 Iss: 11/12, pp.494 - 506
Purpose – As an important aspect of the scientific process, research data sharing is the practice of making data used for scholarly research publicly available for use by other researchers. This paper seeks to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the data-sharing challenges and opportunities posed by the data deluge in academics. An attempt is made to discuss implications for the changing role and functioning of academic libraries.
Design/methodology/approach – An extensive review of literature on current trends and the impact of data sharing is performed.
Findings – The context in which the increasing demands for data sharing have arisen is presented. Some of the practices, trends, and issues central to data sharing among academics are presented. Emerging implications for academic libraries that are expected to provide a data service are discussed.
Originality/value – An insightful review and synthesis of context, issues, and trends in data sharing will help academic libraries to plan and develop programs and policies for their data services.

Impact of use of academic online resource on research

Impact of the consumption of electronic contents on research productivity in the universities of Castile and Leon

Highlights

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The Big Deal model has brought a greater consumption of academic contents.

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The availability of e-resources contributes to a growth in the academic output.

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Usage and value-for-money data are essential for managing and taking decisions.

UCT Open Initiative's Michelle Willmers on the state of Open Access

Michelle Willmers on the state of Open Access: Where are we, what still needs to be done?

One of a series exploring the current state of Open Access ......  Michelle Willmers, Project Manager of the OpenUCT Initiative at the University of Cape Town in South Africa

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Does the Library have a role in scholarly communicaton?

Recent developments in scholarly communication: a review

This review article on recent developments in scholarly communication focuses on the content of three 2013 publications.

 

 

(Scholarly communication is defined by the Association of College and Research Libraries as ‘the system through which research and other scholarly writings are created, evaluated for quality, disseminated to the scholarly community, and preserved for future use’ (Association of College and Research Libraries))