The ISSN IC will exhibit at LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche – Association of European Research Libraries) annual conference.

Join us on our booth for a presentation of our services.

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Gaëlle Béquet, Director of the ISSN International Centre, and Carlos Authier, Director of ISSN Argentina, gave a joint presentation at the PIDFest conference organized in Prague by the National Library of Technology, which hosts ISSN Czech Republic. Their presentation was about the interoperability of ARK, ISNI, ISSN and URN identifiers. 

The ISSN International Centre and the National Library and Archives of Abu Dhabi, UAE, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on May 29, 2024. This agreement is a prelude to the opening of the 94th ISSN National Center, which should take place shortly.

A Pew Research Center analysis reveals the impermanence of online content. Between 2013 and 2023, 25% of webpages vanished, with 38% from 2013 now inaccessible. Government and news websites frequently contain broken links, affecting 21% and 23% of pages, respectively. Wikipedia has 54% of pages with at least one dead reference link. On social media, nearly 20% of tweets disappear within months, often due to account changes or deletions. The study underscores the widespread and varied nature of “digital decay,” impacting diverse online platforms and content types. The methodology is explained.

This article explores the topics and issues that have been trending in academic libraries over the past two years. It draws on research and initiatives from librarians across the profession, highlighting the constant change libraries face. The launch of ChatGPT sparked discussions about the potential impact of artificial intelligence, open access and open science initiatives continued to gain momentum, and the lingering effects of COVID-19 on library workspaces and student well-being remained significant. Rich citations to the literature provide opportunities for further exploration.

The 2024 Library Systems Report documents ongoing investments of libraries in strategic technology products in 2023. It covers for-profit and nonprofit organizations that offer strategic resource management products—especially integrated library systems and library services platforms—and comprehensive discovery products. The vendors included have responded to a survey requesting details about their organization, sales performance, and narrative explanations of accomplishments. Additional sources consulted include press releases, news articles, and other publicly available information. Most of the organizations provided lists of libraries represented in the statistics reported, allowing for more detailed analysis and validation.

This seminar took place in Paris on 27 and 28 March 2024. The aim was to discuss the results of the project A comparative analysis of open science, access and circulation of knowledge in Latin America and Africa supported by the Global Research Institute of Paris (GRIP) in 2023. This project consisted of an international survey aimed at nationally rated researchers based in five countries. The survey intended to explore perceptions, publishing experiences in open access, position-takings towards APC costs and the challenges these entail. In this context, Janne Pölönen, Secretary General for Publication Forum at Federation of Finnish Learned Societies, presented Diamond Open Access is fundamental for making multilingual scientific knowledge openly available, accessible and reusable for everyone.

La Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT) y el consorcio del proyecto DIAMAS publican el Estándar de calidad para Acceso Abierto Diamante (Diamond OA Standard (DOAS), basado en el Estándar Extensible para la Edición Institucional (EQSIP). Este estándar guía la edición de revistas académicas sin cobrar tarifas a autores ni lectores. Más de 300 expertos participaron en su desarrollo, buscando una publicación sostenible y accesible. DOAS abarca siete componentes clave: financiación, propiedad legal, ciencia abierta, gestión editorial, eficiencia técnica, visibilidad, y equidad. Además, incluye una herramienta de autoevaluación (Self-assessment tool) para editores.

Japan is expanding its Open Access policy. Since 2013, Open Access has been regularly discussed at a policy level, especially in relation to innovation. But policies have been less restrictive and slower than in other countries, like the USA. However, by 2025, it will be required that articles resulting from nationally funded research in Japan must be made Open Access immediately on publication.

MDPI outlines the history of the Japanese government’s mandates and its current policies here.

Throughout their history, scholarly journals have verified the reliability and quality of research, and the peer review process they use is an important building block of trust. In this blog post, Joanna Ball, Managing Director of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Cenyu Shen, Deputy Head of Editorial Quality,  reflect on the current threats to trust in scholarly journal publishing, and the implications for organizations like DOAJ that seek to uphold that trust.

En el ámbito de la comunicación científica, coexisten tres modelos de financiación de revistas de acceso abierto: APC (Article Process Charges), tasas de procesamiento por página, y el modelo Diamante. Recientes declaraciones, como el Manifiesto sobre la Ciencia como Bien Público Global y cambios en Latindex, abordan estos temas. En la reunión de SciELO en septiembre de 2023, se discutieron las “Contribuciones al Costeo de Publicaciones” (CCP). El equipo SciELO Chile analizó manualmente los cobros de revistas, cruzando datos con DOAJ y Latindex, y categorizó las instituciones editoras según Latindex.

CCC and Media Growth Strategies undertook a thorough examination of metadata management across the research lifecycle. This in-depth review builds on an existing body of work to assess and help market participants confront the challenges around low quality metadata and underutilization of persistent identifiers that disrupt various stages of the research lifecycle, including but not limited to the transition to Open Access (OA). CCC is sharing this analysis with the scholarly communications community to spark dialogue and drive action.

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The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) initiative aims to develop a system providing users with cloud computing services for open science practices.

When selecting an appropriate PID service, it is important to understand what your expectations are with respect to uniqueness, persistence and resolvability, and what methods and services are available to perform and control this selection process. These Guidelines are meant for helping PID Managers. This deliverable is opened until 31 August 2024 for the external community review as well as review in the ongoing FAIR-IMPACT support programme Creating EOSC compliant Persistent Identifier (PID) policies.

In March 2024, the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) launched its latest Working Group, dedicated to establishing a strategy for the nationwide adoption of ISNI across the United States. The inaugural meeting on 27th March, attended by a number of industry leaders, set the stage for the Working Group’s activities. The Group will start by documenting successful ISNI workflow models from other countries, assessing their benefits and determining their applicability to the US market. Additionally, the Group will continue to represent US interests in the meetings of the ISNI Book Publishing Consultation Group.

In January, Martin Eve announced that Crossref had been experimenting with alternative file formats meant to make Crossref public data files easier to use by broader audiences. This year’s public data file is now available, featuring over 156 million metadata records deposited with Crossref through the end of April 2024 from over 19,000 members. A full breakdown of Crossref metadata statistics is available here. You can download all of these records in one go via Academic Torrents.

OASPA’s wayfinders series brings to life practical case-studies helping all organisations find ways to increase equity in open access (OA). The third wayfinders session on 25 June 2024 picks up where wayfinders #2 left off and continues to look at the journeys of publishing organisations that are (or were) delivering OA through per-publication charges. Wayfinders #3 will collect views from those improving or iterating on per-publication charge models, as well as those evolving away from such charges.

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The iPRES 2024 Programme Committee is announcing that registration for iPRES 2024 is officially open with 3 attendance options.
The programme is announced, including the full list of Monday workshops, long and short papers, professional visits, and the first keynote speaker.

Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS) will host its annual Rights & Licensing Conference in London. This free event features a dynamic programme with insightful panels and speakers from across the publishing industry. The full line up is confirmed. The conference will delve into the latest trends, opportunities, and challenges affecting publishers today, including artificial intelligence, copyright protection and enforcement, the future of selling rights, and much more!

Register for free.