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Open access briefing paper: The potential of global identifiers to support more efficient workflows for all kinds of OA
No full textThis paper was written by Chris Brown, Katie Shamash, Helen Blanchett and Balviar Notay. Is was published as part of Open Access Week 2018. This document describes the potential of Persistent Identifier (PID) registries, in particularly for researchers and organisations, and how, if properly used, they can ease the administrative burden of any open access (OA) policy and improve workflows
Equipment.data survey - report
No full textThe Jisc has provided the equipment.data, research equipment sharing, service since 2016 and it has grown to encompass a dataset of over 15,000 individual equipment items spread across 55 institutions.
As part of development of a set of research equipment sharing case studies and use cases, the Hapsis project team has reviewed a range of documentation associated with the equipment.data service, including market research, technical evaluation and hosting options. From this work it was clear that there was a gap in Jisc’s knowledge relating to the users currently registered on the service. This knowledge would greatly aid the development of equipment.data as a sustainable service. Step 4 of the roadmap, created by the project team, proposed running a survey to bridge this gap.
The survey aimed to understand the views and practices of registered users and their use of the service. Specific issues the survey explored included: ● How the service is viewed by the equipment contacts ● The use of the service in practice ● Benefits and barriers to using the service ● Levels and type of usag
CAN 2018 resource: Creative video creation for student assessment
No full textPresentation from Matt Howcroft and Lewis Dunn
Re-envisioning scholarly publishing: new university presses and academic-led publishing in the UK
No full textThe 2017 report, Changing publishing ecologies: A landscape study of new university presses & academic-led publishing, shows a discernible increase in new publishing initiatives over the last few years. These have a potentially disruptive effect on the scholarly communication environment, providing new avenues for the dissemination of research outputs. The findings of the research provide an evidence for future support for new university presses & academic-led publishing to help create a diverse publishing ecology. This paper will outline the recommendations of the report and explore the progress made in establishing an infrastructure for university & academic-led presses in the UK
