Authors have an increasing range of measurable guidelines and assessment targets laid upon from different sources: journals, institutions, and ethics committees. Authors know certain methodological procedures performed by ethics boards and the types of journals they should appear in. Yet, for journal editors and reviewers, there are no globally recognized structures or measures of expectations or performance. This paper discusses the work of some groups and organisations which are making progress towards establishing competency frameworks and skills training.

First released in December 2016 – and steadily optimized based on user feedback since then – CiteScore™ metrics have established a brand new standard for measuring journal citation impact. Powered by Scopus, CiteScore’s set of metrics evaluate serial citation impact over a three-year period. Now the CiteScore 2017 metrics are available, revealing the latest annual assessments of thousands of scholarly publications.

The findings of this report are based on data provided by Member States regarding their progress in implementing the 2012 Recommendation on Open Access to and preservation of scientific information. The situation has improved regarding e-infrastructures,  national policies and initiatives for interoperability and common standards. Further efforts are required regarding copyright legislation, training, tools to monitor open access publications and preservation of information.

The 22^nd International Conference on Electronic Publishing will question the sustainability in the open access movement.

Topic: Connecting the Knowledge Commons: From Projects to Sustainable Infrastructure

The preliminary program and paper abstracts are online.

The author analyzed a range of case studies that provide useful insights into the nature and effectiveness of collaborative activities, and innovative approaches in academic libraries.

This report is based on presentations delivered during a conference about open access in the humanities that took place in May 2018 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This event was targeted to researchers in the humanities and social sciences, as well as to editors of peer-reviewed journals from these scientific areas. More than 80 participants listened to presentations on a collectively funded humanities megajournal (Open Library of Humanities /OLH), on infrastructures for open scholarly communication (OPERAS and HIRMEOS), and on data and openness in the arts and humanities. Good Slovenian practices were presented.

A document describing the Outcomes of the RDA Toolkit Restructure and Redesign Project by RSC Chair Gordon Dunsire has been posted on the RSC website as RSC/Chair/19. An announcement titled What to Expect from the RDA Toolkit beta site has also been posted on the RDA Toolkit blog.

Together, this information paves the way for the release of the beta version of the redesigned RDA Toolkit, which happened on 13 June 2018.

A broad task force worked on an Ethical Framework for Library Publishing, which was released to LPC members and Forum attendees in draft form in May 2018 during the Library Publishing Forum. The working session provided attendees the opportunity to give feedback on the current draft and contribute ideas for the next iteration of the framework.

Moreover, a series of reflections by community members on the recent Library Publishing Forum has been released.

This workshop was organized at the National Library of Portugal during the annual convention of ISO/TC46 Information and Documentation.  Maria Inês Cordeiro, Director of the National Library of Portugal, moderated the session. The Chairs of TC 46 and of its subcommittees spoke about the new standards which are under development and about the revisions of existing standards.

The presentations are available online.

The PIE-J Recommended Practice has been developed by NISO to provide guidance on the presentation of e-journals to publishers and platform providers and to solve some long-standing concerns of serials, collections, and electronic resources librarians. The latest progress was discussed on 11 June 2018, during a NISO open teleconference, whose recording is now available.

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