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E-Journal archiving for UK HE libraries: A draft white paper
The aim of this white paper is to help universities and libraries implement policies and procedures in relation to e-journal archiving and the move towards e-only provision of scholarly journals across the Higher Education sector. The white paper is also contributing to complementary work JISC and other funders are commissioning on moving towards e-only provision...
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Understanding global activity in higher education and research
This study, prepared by Mindset Research, has looked at activities and developments in the fields of e-Learning and e-Infrastructure supporting the higher education and research sectors in ten countries across the world: Australia; Canada; Denmark; Germany; Korea; Japan; the Netherlands; New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. This report attempts to offer a...
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Open science at web-scale: Optimising participation and predictive potential
This report has attempted to draw together and synthesise evidence and opinion associated with data-intensive open science from a wide range of sources. The potential impact of data-intensive open science on research practice and research outcomes, is both substantive and far-reaching. There are implications for funding organisations, for research and information communities and for higher...
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Communicating knowledge: how and why UK researchers publish and disseminate their findings
This report was commissioned by the Research Information Network2 (RIN) and JISC to gather and analyse evidence about the motivations, incentives and constraints that lead researchers in the UK in different subjects and disciplines to publish and disseminate their work in different ways.
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Higher education in a web 2.0 world
Report of an independent Committee of Inquiry into the impact on higher education of students' widespread use of Web 2.0 technologies. Today's learners exist in a digital age. This implies access to, and use of, a range of Social Web tools and software that provide gateways to a multiplicity of interactive resources for information, entertainment...