Research and Projects

One of UKSG's objectives is to stimulate research and collaborative initiatives, encourage innovation and promote standards for good practice. Our research officer and subcommittee monitor the challenges facing our members, identify those that would benefit from UKSG's breadth of perspective, and instigate projects to research or develop new solutions. Our projects reflect our vision of using our breadth of knowledge and influence to facilitate an efficient information chain and a better information experience for scholars; current research and projects include:

• KBART: Knowledge Bases And Related Tools
  UKSG Lead: Sarah Pearson
  Proposing standardised formats and best practice for metadata exchange e.g. for OpenURL knowledge bases
• Transfer
  UKSG Lead: Alison Mitchell, Nature
  Ensuring minimum disruption for subscribers when journals are transferred between publishers
• Usage Factors
  UKSG Leads: Richard Gedye and Hazel Woodward
  Exploring whether online journal usage statistics might form the basis of a new metric of journal value

• Assessing the Impact of Library Discovery Technology on Electronic Content Use
  UKSG, with the support of Jisc, are pleased to invite tenders for an important research study