This article summarizes the effects of the increasing global trend towards measuring research
quality and effectiveness through, in particular, publication‐based metrics, and its effects …

The nature of academic librarianship is changing as librarians move away from the curation
of material and into research support roles. Although this creates new opportunities it can be …

This paper provides the first full description of the status of Australian institutional repositories.
Australia presents an interesting case because of the government's support of institutional …

In recent years, we have seen ‘support’jobs become more important at research organizations,
including roles such as data stewards, research software engineers, scientific community …

Payment for publication is an increasingly prevalent component of the scholarly publishing
landscape, and librarians have a professional requirement to be aware of the current situation…

With this paper, we hope to foster debate about the place of open access (OA) in scholarly
publishing. After providing a background to OA’s development and current state, we examine …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to argue that the traditional scholarly journal system
is outdated and in need of revamp, and new internet technologies provide opportunities for …

Purpose – By describing some of the often‐ignored aspects of repository advocacy, such as
disciplinary differences and how these might affect the adoption of a particular institutional …

Australia has enjoyed governmental support for open access for approximately a decade.
This article provides a brief overview of the infrastructure now in place as a result of this …

Through a nationwide survey of universities and research organizations in Australia and New
Zealand, this article investigates the level of confidence that librarians working in scholarly …