Elizabeth Charles, Assistant Director of Library Services at Birkbeck, University of London, explains how she set up and worked with a steering group looking into providing support to academics to develop the use of digital space at Birkbeck, and what the consequences of that collaboration have been.
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Editorial
UKSG news
Two new 'Insights' articles are now available: the first, by Paul Needham and Jo Lambert, provides an overview of recent developments in institutional repositories and the item and research data metrics landscape; the other is an article by Emily Ford arguing that scholarly publications should move from peer-review process transparency to a praxis of transparency in peer review.
Forthcoming events
A reminder that the next free UKSG webinar – Working with Open Access – will take place on Monday 7 October 2019 at 1300 BST.
Industry news
Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press have announced the results of a joint, global survey into the future of the scholarly monograph.
The launch of the Research on Research Institute (RoRI) has been announced.
The University of Westminster has become the latest organisation to join the Digital Preservation Coalition.
Company news
HighWire has announced a new journal hosting agreement with BMJ, coinciding with the launch of a partnership innovation lab.
De Gruyter, an independent international academic publisher with roots in Germany, has increased staffing in its Boston, US office by 30 per cent.
Product news
Atypon has launched Scitrus, a new personal research discovery app, the first in a suite of researcher tools scheduled for release in the coming months.
OpenAthens has announced the launch of its new embeddable version of Wayfinder organisational discovery service.