By Elizabeth Redden. Brill has terminated its relationship with the Beijing-based Higher Education Press to distribute four China-focused journals after scholars reported an entire article was removed from one of the journals by Chinese censors. More...
05 mai 2019
Brill Severs Ties With Chinese Publisher
Stanford Moves to Stop Supporting Its University Press
By Scott Jaschik. Scholars question decision -- particularly as it comes from one of the world's wealthiest universities and will limit publishing by a highly respected press. More...
In Norway, New Model for Elsevier Agreement
By Scott Jaschik. Elsevier is expected to announce today a deal with Norway's universities under which all the research they publish will be freely available to all, The Financial Times reported. More...
A Prominent Publisher Used Machine Learning to Write a Textbook
Scientific publisher Springer Nature just released its first book written entirely by a machine learning algorithm. The title of the book, Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Machine-Generated Summary of Current Research cuts straight to the point: 247 pages of prominent research into lithium-ion batteries and AI-written summaries of the field. More...
02 mai 2019
Défi # 22 : La Relève – lutter contre la récidive en accompagnant la réinsertion professionnelle de personnes condamnées
Un fort taux de récidive pour les infractions dues aux trafics et usages de stupéfiants.Des dispositifs d’accompagnement vers l’emploi existants qui peinent à accompagner ces publics vers des emplois attractifs, jugés « peu valorisants et / ou pas assez rémunérés ».
Une difficulté à attirer des entreprises actrices de la réinsertion de profils “atypiques”. Plus...
30 avril 2019
Service public territorial 36 est en ligne
Dans le dossier « Grand format » de ce numéro, les collectivités territoriales témoignent de leur engagement dans la lutte contre l’habitat dégradé. Elles explorent différentes stratégies pour repérer les immeubles à risques, remettre sur pied les copropriétés grâce à un soutien financier, technique, juridique et à un accompagnement rapproché. Plus...29 avril 2019
Survival Strategies for Academic Publishing
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Survival Strategies for Academic Publishing
Good analysis of the problems facing university presses. The author notes that the bottom has fallen out of the monograph market, and that hence these presses are in difficult financial straits. The decline in library purchases is a part of this, but the larger part is that students have stopped buying the books. More...
14 avril 2019
Retour aux sources - Où réduire le poids de la dépense publique ?
Dans ce numéro de "Retour aux sources", co-produit par Datagora et France Stratégie, zoom sur la note d'analyse "Où réduire le poids de la dépense publique". Plus..
11 avril 2019
Adaptive Leadership For The New #MedEd: The One Hour Read
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Adaptive Leadership For The New #MedEd: The One Hour Read
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 2019/03/01
This booklet (41 page PDF) is a well-informed and forward-looking survey of new appproaches to medical education. Each of its ten sections contains a challenge, short outline of the concept, and a practical example in the form of a case. Topics covered include co-creation, trust networks, personal learning networks, and co-leadership models. More...
UC Drops Elsevier
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. UC Drops Elsevier
Lindsay McKenzie, Inside Higher Ed, 2019/03/01
I found this to be a nice juxtaposition of stories: on the one hand, the University of California cancels it's Elsevier subscription, and on the other hand, Springer Nature is contributing articles to ResearchGate. More...
