The University Leadership Council in the US has recently published a report, Redefining the Academic Library - Managing the Migration to Digital Information Services.

Cambridge University Press has just announced a rental program for articles to cater for people who want to view an article but not pay the more costly pay-per-view download fee.

Just announced this week, the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) and Springer will launch a new Open Access journal, "Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation" or "IMMI". The news was released at the Materials Science & Technology 2011 Conference &amp

Princeton University will stop researchers from handing over their copyright to journal publishers, as part of a new open access policy at the university. Currently, researchers at Princeton and elsewhere 'give away' their work to journal publishers, and then have to buy back the journals in which their work gets published. It is a system that enriches publishers to the detriment of open scholarship.

^{Historically, peer-reviewed journals were published by scientific societies on a non-profit basis. Today scholarly publishing is dominated by a handful of large commercial publishers focused on maximising their profits. This has left small society publishers struggling to survive and libraries unable to afford all the journals they need.}

What is open scholarship? Why is it important? How open are we at UQ to the values around open scholarship? And how do we compare to Europe and North America?

These ideas will be canvassed in an upcoming seminar:

Open Scholarship Attitudes and Intentions at UQ: comparing UQ to North American, European & South African Higher Education Institutions, presented by Dr Joseph Hardin, Director Mujo Research, and Professor Emeritis, The University of Michigan.

If you are after an excellent example of a PhD partly comprised of publications follow this link to the eSpace record: Physical Activity, Sedentary Time and Blood Glucose in Australian Adults (by Neville Owen). We will be on the look out for more examples to share with you.

Are you interested in getting your research published? What are the challenges?

Enjoy a free lunch and discuss the prospects of a Graduate eJournal with us.

Please register if you are interested in attending.

When: Monday, 19 September, 12-2 pm.