40% of university libraries plan cuts to book and journal purchases next year. Academics should brace themselves for “severe” cuts in access to new books and journals in the next academic year as higher costs caused by the fall in …
An interesting publication from the Reseach Information Network, which “takes an in-depth look at how researchers in the UK use electronic journals, the value they bring to universities and research institutions and the contribution they make to research productivity, quality and …
The Welsh Assembly Government announced yesterday its SCIF grant of £2m to the National Library for a project entitled ‘Welsh Newspapers and Magazines Online’. This is a three-year project to digitise a high proportion of all out-of-copyright Welsh newspapers and …
Scotland’s university researchers are to benefit from an online shared initiative that makes key journals more widely available, thanks to an agreement negotiated by JISC Collections and led by the Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL). The Scottish …
