5 Ways Alderman Library Will Be Transformed
The University of Virginia’s Alderman Library is headed for a major overhaul.
PASCIAK: The University cannot handle the closure of Alderman Library
Closing Alderman Library is sure to even further limit the amount of study spaces
Weekend Big Deal Long Read: The Changing Academic Publishing Industry – Implications for Academic Institutions
This week’s weekend Big Deal Long Read is an in-depth analysis of the academic publishing industry, including both research and textbooks/teaching materials. (While not directly relevant to the Big Deal, there is a new urgency in understanding the textbook industry, now that two of the three dominant players are trying to merge.)
Weekend Big Deal Long Read: “Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?”
The Big Deal has been the subject of quite a few interesting long reads. Periodically I’d like to recommend one such piece for your weekend reading pleasure.
Alderman Library to close in May 2020 and reopen by spring of 2023
Materials will be temporary relocated starting in Spring 2019
Norway and Elsevier Agree on Pilot National Licence for Research Access and Publishing
It follows news from mid-March that Unit (Norwegian Directorate for ICT and Joint Services in Higher Education and Research) had decided not to renew with Elsevier and had signed a national licensing deal with Wiley.
Jefferson’s Unbuilt Plan for a University Botanical Garden
An exhibition tracing the origins of the University’s as yet unrealized botanical garden—intended by Thomas Jefferson for the slope behind Alderman Library and adjacent Nameless Field—and celebrating the splendid gift of Joel B. Gardner (Col ’70, Law ’74) of the Abbé Correia’s original manuscript plan.
Inside Higher Ed Reports on Couperin Consortium's Elsevier Deal
In a remarkable development, France's Couperin consortium negotiated a multi-year deal where the cost goes steadily down each year, reversing the long trend of annual price increases for Big Deals.