By David Matthews. As the number of papers needing review increases, journals are thinking of replacing a voluntary system with cash rewards. More...
By Scott McLemee. A recent report on the cost of publishing monographs should be of some interest to many people who buy, read and/or write scholarly books, says Scott McLemee. Read more...
"Présenter clairement les appels à projets et appels à manifestations d'intérêt du programme d'investissements d'avenir (PIA)." Voilà la finalité du guide publié par le Commissariat général à l'investissement (CGI). Ce document de 68 pages propose une cinquantaine de fiches détaillant chaque dispositif de soutien : pour quoi ? Pour quels projets ? Quel financement par le PIA ? Quels critères de sélection ? Quels délais ? Organisées par thématique, elles fournissent aussi les coordonnées des interlocuteurs au CGI et des opérateurs. Voir l'article...
This article presents the rationale, common practices, challenges, and some personal anecdotes from a journal editor on the production, use, and re-use of peer-reviewed, scholarly articles as open educational resources (OER). The scholarly and professional discourse related to open educational resources has largely focused on open learning objects, courseware, and textbooks. More...
Academic publications are too often ignored by other researchers. There are various reasons: Researchers know that conclusions may eventually be proved wrong; publications are sometimes retracted; effects may decline when studied later; researchers occasionally don’t seem to know about papers they have allegedly authored; there are even accusations of fraud (Cohen, 2011). More...
Les contributions rassemblées dans ce sixième dossier hors-série AFPA-Education permanente analysent la complexité de ce champ d’investigation, et apportent des éclairages sur les systèmes d’autres pays, européens et/ou francophones (Allemagne, Belgique, Québec, Suisse). Voir l'article...
L'infrastructure Numédif propose un ensemble d'outils et de méthodes pour l'édition structurée (« MÉTOPES ») permettant d'organiser production et diffusion papier et numérique dans un environnement normé à fort potentiel d'interopérabilité, sur le modèle du Single Source Publishing. Voir l'article...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Want to Change Academic Publishing? Just Say No
Hugh Gusterson, Chroncile of Higher Education, 2016/03/10
The headline is definitely a mismatch for the content of the article. In a nutshell, the author argues that if he were a lawyer or physician, consulting fees could be hundreds of dollars a session, and as an author, he might be paid well by magazines, but as an academic, he gets nothing for writing or reviewing for academic journals. More...
By Jan Petter Myklebust. A thoroughly worked-through proposal for a more peer review based funding of Swedish research prepared by the Swedish Research Council and three other research councils has been rejected by a majority of Swedish universities, university colleges and other stakeholders involved in the consultation process. Read more...
By Ian Dobson. The first issue of Australian Universities' Review for 2016 (vol. 58, no. 1) is now available online. Members who have opted-in will received their paper copy in the post in the coming days.
https://issuu.com/nteu/docs/aur_58-01. More...
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