The Manhattan Project is often invoked as a model for mission-driven research projects, such as the search for a Covid-19 vaccine. Daniel P. Gross and Bhaven N. Sampat argue that the broader U.S. approach to mobilising science and technology in World W…
Striking a balance between openness and free access in scholarly infrastructure – DOAJ at 20
Drawing on the findings of a sustainability review of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Joanna Ball and Andrea Chiarelli reflect on why funding this type of resource is a complex endeavour. They consider challenges shared by all open schola…
How to design teaching and learning through an AI-centred course
Drawing on their experience of designing higher education courses centred on AI tools, Bert Verhoeven and Vishal Rana discuss how, rather than being a threat, AI can be used in ways that are compatible with traditional teaching methodologies and offer …
Academic Publishing, Bibliodiversity, Featured, Journal White lists, Libraries, scholarly communications
What the UGC-CARE initiative tells us about Humanities and Social Science publishing in Indian languages
English is often claimed as the international language of research and academia. However, important bibliodiverse scholarly traditions exist across the globe. Shubhada Nagarkar describes the UGC-CARE project and how efforts to list and record social sc…
Academic Publishing, Bibliodiversity, Featured, Journal White lists, Libraries, scholarly communications
What the UGC-CARE initiative tells us about Humanities and Social Science publishing in Indian languages
English is often claimed as the international language of research and academia. However, important bibliodiverse scholarly traditions exist across the globe. Shubhada Nagarkar describes the UGC-CARE project and how efforts to list and record social sc…
The Web Archiving Team Answers Questions About the Web Archives
Have you ever wondered what exactly is web archiving? How the Library select which websites to preserve? Or how you would find and search the web archives? The Web Archiving Team’s Senior Digital Collection Specialists gathered to answer these questions and more in a live webinar during the Preservation Directorate’s celebration of Preservation Week. If …