Thanks to the growing uberisation of science, opportunities to participate in world class research could soon no longer be limited to researchers in well-funded labs. According to an opinion piece by Barend Mons, professor at the Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands, technology has now made it possible to distribute part of the interpretation of scientific results across a geographically widespread work force, to include scientists from developing countries. In the first of a two-part contribution, he also envisions that a new business model allocating free access to those who share, and charging a premium to those who don’t, could soon disrupt research and innovation and further open science.

Scientific Data - The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and...

Libraries and archives have dealt with threats for centuries, but the growth of digital networks has created new hazards.

Basic funding of data infrastructure may not keep pace with increasing costs. There is a need, therefore, to consider alternative cost recovery options and a diversification of revenue streams. In short: who will pay for public access to research data? The RDA/WDS Interest Group Publishing Data Cost Recovery for Data Centres aims to contribute to strategic thinking on cost recovery by conducting research to understand current and possible cost recovery strategies for data centres.

How to give academics incentives to do systematic research on current events

This brief document explores the pros and cons of seven possible research data management funding sources. It also describes the current circumstances in seven countries outside the US. #oclcresearch

This investigation explores scholarly communication business models in American Library Association (ALA) division peer-reviewed academic journals. Previous studies reveal the numerous issues organizations and publishers face in the academic publishing environment. Through an analysis of documented procedures, policies, and finances of five ALA division journals, we compare business and access models. We conclude that some ALA divisions prioritize the costs associated with changing business models, including hard-to-estimate costs such as the labor of volunteers. For other divisions, the financial aspects are less important than maintaining core values, such as those defined in ALA’s Core Values in Librarianship.

"Public access to publicly funded research" has been one of the rallying calls of the global open access movement. Governments and public institutions

Why grants suck, part umpty-gazillion.

Libraries exist to provide amazing services and resources to our users.  We are so committed to this vision that we continue to offer these services even after users don't need them. As non-profit ...

Case study of being herded to cloud storage and having IT totally disregard needs.

Quartz president Jay Lauf shares his thoughts on the declining control publishers have over the ways audiences find and read stories

20 questions to ask of a digital-preservation/storage services vendor.

Funders must take the lead in breaking a vicious cycle that is leaving nonprofits so hungry for decent infrastructure that they can barely function as organizations—let alone serve their beneficiaries.