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Assessing the civic campus: the link between higher education and democracy
Ithaka S+R researchers, in collaboration with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, undertook this research project focused on the link between higher education, civic engagement, and democratic attitudes and behaviors.
Briefing paper
Generative AI in higher education: the product landscape
This paper has been prepared to enrich the descriptive data captured in the Ithaka S+R 'Product Tracker'. In the first section, the authors provide a typology of existing products and value propositions. In the second, they offer observations about what the product landscape suggests about the future of teaching, learning, and research practices, and speculations...
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The second digital transformation of scholarly publishing
The scholarly publishing sector is undergoing its second digital transformation. Recognising the vast array of standards, systems and tools in many of the categories of shared infrastructure, this paper examines four critical categories of shared infrastructure in some depth - looking for successes, unmet needs, and opportunities in each.
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Print revenue and Open Access monographs
What happens to print sales when an Open Access (OA) edition of a scholarly monograph is also available on publication? This is the central focus of this report, which is authored by members and representatives from the Association of University Presses and Ithaka S+R.
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Common scholarly communication infrastructure landscape review
Scholarly communication is the process through which research products and outputs are created, assessed, improved, shared, disseminated and preserved in a variety of modes, including through formal and informal publications, conferences and other academic networking methods. In this report, the authors seek to provide a high-level overview of the shared infrastructure that supports scholarly communication.