Welcome to LJAN Resources, our monthly academic content roundup. We’ll be curating standout InfoDocket posts and nonfiction LJ book reviews once every month for quick access to news and reviews you can use. |
Sustaining Art Research Collections: Using Data To Explore Collaboration (A New Report From OCLC Research) From OCLC Research: Art libraries provide vital support to art scholarship within their own institutions and in the broader scholarly community. As art libraries face challenges from an evolving environment, repercussions from the COVID-19 pandemic, and static or diminishing resources, finding sustainable pathways forward becomes an increasing priority. An important option for art research collections in achieving long-term sustainability is collaboration. |
OASPA and DOAJ are Launching an Open Access Journals Toolkit Later This Year The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) are pleased to announce the forthcoming launch of the Open Access (OA) Journals Toolkit, scheduled for launch in the second half of 2023. Research Consulting is supporting them in managing the Toolkit development process as well as in liaising with an expert Editorial Board. |
Washington Post: “When State Secrets Land in the Hands of University Librarians” From a Washington Post Article by Joseph Weber: When archivists at Bates College combed through a trove of documents given to them by Sen. Edmund S. Muskie, a former secretary of state and Bates alumnus, they turned up 98 classified documents that he’d been keeping in his personal files. Some were sensitive papers involving the Iran-contra affair of the 1980s. Some carried information that should never have left secure hands. |
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Report: “Immediate Open Access ‘Should Be EU Default’ Says Presidency” From Research Professional News: Research papers should be made freely available immediately under open licenses as standard in the EU, the Swedish presidency of the Council of the EU member state governments has said. “Making scholarly publications rapidly accessible to all contributes to high-quality research,” the Swedish presidency said on 8 February. “Therefore, providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed research publications under open licenses should be the default.” At a meeting on the same day, EU research ministers discussed challenges to meeting this goal. |
Survey about digital resource platforms U.S. academic libraries are invited to take a survey about the platforms available to access their digital resources. We’re asking about the features these solutions offer and how important they are to a positive user experience. Your comments about desired features to improve eResource consumption are also welcome. The survey is very brief and all eligible respondents completing the survey will be included in a drawing to win a $200 Visa® electronic gift card. Start survey: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7195400/2023-LJ-Digital-Resource-Platforms-Survey |
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