Libraries ‘becoming invisible’ to junior scholars
Report | Early Career Researchers: The Harbingers of Change?
Many early career researchers have ‘not gone
to the library for years’, according to report
A report detailing the rise of the Google
search among young academics has prompted debate about the future of libraries.
The research, funded by the Publishing
Research Consortium, looks at the attitudes to publishing of early career
academics and suggests that libraries have “little to offer” the next
generation of academics.
The report also finds that early career
researchers have concerns about article publication charges, the fees that are
often charged by open access journals to publish research papers, which were
seen as too high by those interviewed. Junior scholars in Spain also raised
concerns that they make the playing field uneven between researchers who have
the funds to pay them and those who do not.
Publishing in open access journals was not
seen as a priority for early career researchers despite mandates in the UK and
the US that give researchers an incentive to do so.
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Pralhad
Jadhav
Senior
Manager @ Library
Khaitan & Co
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