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A Year Of Progress: Publishers And Libraries Collaborating In Crisis Times And Planting The Seeds For Sustainable Ecosystems, Brittany Haynes, Antje Mays Nov 2021

A Year Of Progress: Publishers And Libraries Collaborating In Crisis Times And Planting The Seeds For Sustainable Ecosystems, Brittany Haynes, Antje Mays

Library Presentations

Increasing volumes of published research, proliferating research infrastructures, the rise of the Open Access movement, flat or declining library budgets, and inflexible purchasing and licensing models have led to growing fissures in the marketplace, especially exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Crucial for sustaining research, education, inquiry, and professional development, the information ecosystem faces a sustainability crisis from these pressures. Yet, some publishers have taken an innovative stance in partnering with libraries through flexible purchasing and licensing options, various access options and benefits as ways for meeting actual content needs without forcing bundle purchases, openness to custom packages, growing and diversifying …


Characteristics Of A Megajournal: A Bibliometric Case Study, C. Sean Burns Jun 2015

Characteristics Of A Megajournal: A Bibliometric Case Study, C. Sean Burns

Information Science Faculty Publications

The term megajournal is used to describe publication platforms, like PLOS ONE, that claim to incorporate peer review processes and web technologies that allow fast review and publishing. These platforms also publish without the constraints of periodic issues and instead publish daily. We conducted a yearlong bibliometric profile of a sample of articles published in the first several months after the launch of PeerJ, a peer reviewed, open access publishing platform in the medical and biological sciences. The profile included a study of author characteristics, peer review characteristics, usage and social metrics, and a citation analysis. We found …


Frontiers In Phssr Is On The Move, F. Douglas Scutchfield Nov 2014

Frontiers In Phssr Is On The Move, F. Douglas Scutchfield

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

Recently, Dr. Jenine Harris and her colleagues examined the use of journals by state chronic disease prevention staff to stay up-to-date on public health evidence. We, at Frontiers in PHSSR, are pleased to be included among the journals listed in the survey. Online open-access journals are shifting the paradigm of scientific publication, allowing free and rapid exchange of information. Another illustration of Frontier’s increasing utility is a forthcoming issue of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH). We are pleased that AJPH has agreed to publish selected abstracts from Frontiers in PHSSR in their regular issue with links to …


Opening Doors To Open Scholarship: A White Paper Exploring The Role Of A Digital Object Repository To Support And Preserve The University Of Kentucky’S Digital Assets, Lisa Carter, Mary H. Molinaro, Rebecca Ryder, Kathryn Lybarger, Beth Kraemer, Brian Helm, Mary Beth Thomson, John Soward, Deirdre Scaggs Mar 2008

Opening Doors To Open Scholarship: A White Paper Exploring The Role Of A Digital Object Repository To Support And Preserve The University Of Kentucky’S Digital Assets, Lisa Carter, Mary H. Molinaro, Rebecca Ryder, Kathryn Lybarger, Beth Kraemer, Brian Helm, Mary Beth Thomson, John Soward, Deirdre Scaggs

Library Reports and White Papers

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