Humanities scholars warn over UKRI’s plan for open-access books
Proposals to mandate open access monographs from 2024 will make it harder to publish and will limit career chances, says professor
Proposals to mandate open access monographs from 2024 will make it harder to publish and will limit career chances, says professor
In her article “Open access monograph dash could lead us off a cliff” (Opinion, 27 July), Marilyn Deegan warns of the dangers of open access monograph publishing. As head of UCL Press, the UK’s first...
In her opinion article “An open-access monograph dash could be disastrous” (27 July), Marilyn Deegan attacks a series of straw arguments about open access for books that have little basis in policy...
No tax inspector or police officer can claim rights over what they write for their jobs, so why should academics, asks Gabriel Egan
It is not Luddism to be cautious about destroying an academic publishing industry that has served us well, says Marilyn Deegan
Editing an academic journal is a vital and rewarding task, but also time-consuming and often frustrating. Current and former editors advise would-be gatekeepers on why you'll need the skills of a...
Paula Gerson is transported to Galicia by this guide to the route to Saint James' remains
Harold Short and Marilyn Deegan have secured King's College London its first £1 million grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Board. The money will go towards an information technology research...
Humanitarian workers facing complex emergencies such as the volcanic destruction of Goma and famine in Afghanistan may in future be offered realistic training using computer simulations. Researchers...
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford has signed an agreement with the Bridgeman Art Library in London to sell images of some of its most famous artefacts. Under the three-year arrangement access to the...
THES reporters examine the fall-out from the research assessment exercise now that funding weightings are known ACADEMICS engaged in digital scholarship have called for greater recognition of their...
Monday The sign over the (very imposing) main university entrance reads: "Get an Addis Ababa University Degree, not an HIV/Aids certificate". In Ethiopia, as in many other African countries, Aids is...
A push to assemble a "critical mass" of electronic documents for the library of the future is underway at De Montfort University. The International Institute for Electronic Library Research, which...