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- Myrberg, Caroline
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Why doesn’t everyone love reading e-books?
- 2017
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Ingår i: Insights. - Stockholm : Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Institutet University Library. - 2048-7754.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Why do many students still prefer paper books to e-books? This article summarizes a number of problems with e-books mentioned in different studies by students of higher education, but it also discusses some of the unexploited possibilities with e-books. Problems that students experience with e-books include eye strain, distractions, a lack of overview, inadequate navigation features and insufficient annotation and highlighting functionality. They also find it unnecessarily complicated to download DRM-protected e-books. Some of these problems can be solved by using a more suitable device. For example, a mobile device that can be held in a book-like position reduces eye strain, while a device with a bigger screen provides a better overview of the text. Other problems can be avoided by choosing a more usable reading application. Unfortunately, that is not always possible, since DRM protection entails a restriction of what devices and applications you can choose. Until there is a solution to these problems, I think libraries will need to purchase both print and electronic books, and should always opt for the DRM-free alternative. We should also offer students training on how to find, download and read e-books as well as how to use different devices.
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- Wiberg, Ninna, 1976-, et al.
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Screen vs. paper : what is the difference for reading and learning?
- 2015
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Ingår i: Insights. - Stockholm : Ubiquity Press, Ltd.. - 2048-7754. ; 28:2, s. 49-54
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We have all seen the newspaper headlines: screens make us read slower, learn less deeply, remember less and sleep worse. Is this why students prefer to print out their electronic textbooks? We suspected it was habit and attitude rather than measurable cognitive effort during reading that made people prefer print texts, but we needed evidence. We decided to find out what recent research had to say on the subject and read scholarly articles addressing the issues of the actual reading and/or learning processes involved in reading on screen compared to on paper. We then considered these results in relation to our own experience of using tablets and teaching scholars and students how to use their tablets/smartphones in their work.Habit and attitude appeared to be important, and a digitally born textbook is by far the best alternative to a print textbook when it comes to studying. But even those who prefer to read on screens are originally native paper readers, and as long as the existing application interfaces cannot address the shortcomings of screens regarding spatial landmarks, we will keep returning to paper under certain circumstances.We would like to see developers make more user-friendly e-readers, and authors and publishers learn to fully utilize of the potential of the e-book.
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- Eriksson, Stefan, Docent, 1963-, et al.
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How to counter undeserving authorship
- 2018
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Ingår i: Insights: the UKSG journal. - Witney, UK : UKSG & Ubiquity Press. - 2048-7754. ; 31:1, s. 1-6
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The average number of authors listed on contributions to scientific journals has increased considerably over time. While this may be accounted for by the increased complexity of much research and a corresponding need for extended collaboration, several studies suggest that the prevalence of non-deserving authors on research papers is alarming. In this paper a combined qualitative and quantitative approach is suggested to reduce the number of undeserving authors on academic papers: 1) ask scholars who apply for positions to explain the basics of a random selection of their co-authored papers, and 2) in bibliometric measurements, divide publications and citations by the number of authors.
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- Lovén, Lisa, et al.
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Managing without a subscription agent : the experience of doing it yourself
- 2017
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Ingår i: Insights. - : Ubiquity Press, Ltd.. - 2048-7754. ; 30:3, s. 62-69
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In October 2015 Stockholm University Library (SUB) decided to no longer use the services of a subscription agent for managing individual journal subscriptions. Instead, SUB has taken a do-it-yourself (DIY) approach to subscriptions management and now renews and orders new journals directly from each publisher. In the light of two years of experience, this article discusses the key findings of this new way of working with subscriptions, the differences between the first and second year of renewing directly with publishers and the pros and cons of not using an agent. The article ends with a few recommendations and things for other libraries to consider before making the decision to do without a subscription agent and explains why SUB has decided to continue with the DIY approach.
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- Lovén, Lisa
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Monitoring open access publishing costs at Stockholm University
- 2019
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Ingår i: Insights. - : Ubiquity Press, Ltd.. - 2414-6331 .- 2383-2568. ; 32:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Stockholm University Library (SUB) has been tracking the University’s open access (OA) publishing costs within the local accounting system since 2016. The objective is to gain an overview of the costs and to use this as a basis for decisions about how to proceed in order to support the transition to OA at Stockholm University. This article explains the reasons behind using the accounting system as the primary source of information and describes the workflow of tracking costs and how additional data are retrieved. Basic findings from the 2017 cost compilation are outlined, and the steps taken in 2018, with consequences for both the current workflow and the costs at SUB, are briefly discussed. A breakout session on this topic was presented at the UKSG Annual Conference in Glasgow in 2018.
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- Nilsson, Inga-Lill, 1960-
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Developing new copyright services in academic libraries
- 2016
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Ingår i: Insights. - Burford : Ubiquity Press, Ltd.. - 2048-7754. ; 29:1, s. 78-83
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article discusses the role of academic librarians in handling copyright-related issues, including their required skills and knowledge about copyright. IP (intellectual property) issues have become more important in publishing and in accessing and reusing scientific research, and new technology and delivery mechanisms have increased copyright issues. Due to the complications and general confusion about copyright, there is a growing need for official support. Academic librarians often have only an informal mandate to work in this area and therefore lack confidence, sufficient knowledge and training. They seldom have the authority to work with copyright education in a formalized way. Legitimacy can be achieved by collaborating with other university units with an interest in copyright. Co-operation with other libraries and library organizations is also an important way to share experiences and increase knowledge about copyright. Libraries can contribute to improved IP services once they have established that copyright is a library matter, found tools for copyright education and embedded these activities into library routines.
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- Olsson, Lisa, et al.
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Cancelling with the world's largest scholarly publisher : lessons from the Swedish experience of having no access to Elsevier
- 2020
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Ingår i: Insights. - : Ubiquity Press, Ltd.. - 2048-7754. ; 33:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article covers the consequences of the decision of the Bibsam consortium to cancel its journal licence agreement with Elsevier, the world's largest scholarly publisher, in 2018. First, we report on how the cancellation affected Swedish researchers. Second, we describe other consequences of the cancellation. Finally, we report on lessons for the future. In short, there was no consensus among researchers on how the cancellation affected them or whether the cancellation was positive or negative for them. Just over half (54%) of the 4,221 researchers who responded to a survey indicated that the cancellation had harmed their work, whereas 37% indicated that it had not. Almost half (48%) of the researchers had a negative view of the cancellation, whereas 38% had a positive view. The cancellation highlighted the ongoing work at research libraries to facilitate the transition to an open access publishing system to more stakeholders in academia than before. It also showed that Swedish vice-chancellors were prepared to suspend subscriptions with a publisher that could not accommodate the needs and requirements of open science. Finally, the cancellation resulted in the signing of a transformative agreement which started on 1 January 2020. If it had not been for the cancellation, the reaching of such an agreement would have been unlikely.
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- Olsson, Lisa, et al.
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Swedish researchers' responses to the cancellation of the big deal with Elsevier
- 2020
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Ingår i: Insights: the UKSG journal. - : Ubiquity Press, Ltd.. - 2048-7754. ; 33
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 2018, the Swedish library consortium, Bibsam, decided to cancel big deal subscriptions with Elsevier. Many researchers (n = 4,221) let their voices be heard in a survey on the consequences of the cancellation. Almost a third of them (n = 1,241) chose to leave free-text responses to the survey question 'Is there anything you would like to add?'. A content analysis on these responses resulted in six themes and from these, three main conclusions are drawn. First, there is no consensus among researchers on whether the cancellation was for good or evil. The most common argument in favour of the cancellation was the principle. The most common argument against cancellation was that it harms researchers and research. A third of the free-text responses expressed ambivalence towards the cancellation, typically as a conflict between wanting to change the current publishing system and simultaneously suffering from the consequences of the cancellation. The general support for open access in principle reveals a flawed publishing system, as most feel the pressure to publish in prestigious journals behind paywalls in practice. Second, it was difficult for researchers to take a position for or against cancellation due to their limited knowledge of the ongoing work of higher education institutions and library consortia. Finally, there are indications that the cancellation made researchers reflect on open access and to some extent alter their publication pattern through their choice of copyright licence and publication channel.
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- Parmhed, Sara, et al.
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Transformative agreements and their practical impact : a librarian perspective
- 2023
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Ingår i: Insights the UKSG journal. - : Ubiquity Press. - 2048-7754. ; 36
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This case study aims at describing how transformative agreements (TAs) have affected our profession with new tasks and workflows at two university libraries in Sweden, namely Karolinska Institutet University Library and Södertörn University Library. TAs are one of the mechanisms by which scientific publications are made open access; they involve moving libraries’ contracts with publishers from payment to read toward payment to publish. We will summarize the status and progress of open access in Sweden, in particular the significant growth of TAs over a short time span. We will then focus on describing how TAs have affected our everyday work and what new tasks they have imposed. We will share our experiences and point out things we find challenging, for example, we will explore questions about eligibility, the verification process, publication types and title changes during the contract period. We will also give some recommendations on how we would prefer the workflows surrounding the TAs to be. Finally, we will share our conclusions and comments about the impact of TAs on the publishing landscape and speculate about what will happen next.
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- Van Otegem, Matthijs, et al.
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Five principles to navigate a bumpy golden road towards open access
- 2018
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Ingår i: Insights: the UKSG journal. - : Ubiquity Press, Ltd.. - 2048-7754. ; 31
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The publishing ecosystem of the future will be built on several models such as offsetting agreements as well as various open access publishing channels. The LIBER Open Access Working Group has issued five principles to support libraries in their efforts to negotiate offsetting deals as they move towards full open access to research information. This article describes why the five principles were created and the underlying considerations and limitations encountered while working on them.
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