Dear All
We are very pleased to publish the March issue of
<http://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.267/> Insights: the UKSG
journal and send to our thanks to our excellent authors:
* Frank Rennie explains how the University of the Highlands and
Islands is creating e-text books to meet the needs of its students;
* Clair Taylor tells us about the advantages and challenges of
undertaking a writing sprint focused around modern languages;
* Geoffrey Crossick describes the project that he led for HEFCE, which
looked at a range of issues including what is required to move monographs
into a digital and open access environment;
* Chris Banks from Imperial College London discusses some of the
strategic challenges libraries face in providing services to support
academic compliance with funder policies;
* Mick Eadie and Valerie McCutcheon, explain how the University of
Glasgow has enhanced its open access processes and systems;
* Linda Naughton and David Kernohan, discuss a Jisc project to define
a modern research infrastructure to support a more open scholarly
communications environment;
* Inga-Lill Nilsson from Karlstad University Library considers the
role of academic librarians in handling copyright-related issues;
* Tony Horava from the University of Ottawa describes the
collaboration between his library and the University of Ottawa Press;
* Melissa Belvadi from the University of Prince Edward Island
describes the implementation of a demand-driven acquisition model;
* David Parker and Jenna Makowski tell us that at Alexander Street,
open access was never an 'if' question, but rather a 'when' question;
* Ian potter from Thomson Reuters discusses how a range of different
measures should be used in evaluating academic journals.
We also have interviews and news about the Kudos Team who recently won ALPSP
Award for Innovation, the Journals Usage Statistics Team (JUSP), Dan Wiseman
who is the student co-ordinator for the IET (Institution of Engineering and
Technology) and Richard Ovenden Librarian at the Bodley.
There is a lot to read and we hope you enjoy this edition of Insights.
Lorraine Estelle and Steve Sharp
Insights: the UKSG journal
lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org
UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UKSG
|