Free Access to Editorial and Book Reviews: The July 2010 Issue of Learned Information is Now Available
Updated/Repost: Sorry for the goof with the first attempt to share the info. Only the editorial and book reviews are available for free. Articles are available to members and via Ingenta (fee-based).
Case Study
Gaining ISO 9001: the experience of Oxford Journals
Author: Smith, Maxine
Is it worth establishing institutional repositories? The strategies for open access to Spanish peer-reviewed articles
Authors: Rodríguez-Armentia, Nerea; Amat, Carlos B.
Research Article
Embracing change: perceptions of e-journals by faculty members
Authors: McClanahan, Kitty; Wu, Lei; Tenopir, Carol; King, Donald W.
Case Study
Knowing your users: the value of article database usage analysis
Authors: Wan, Gang (Gary); Liu, Zao
Research Article
The quest for visibility of scientific journals in Latin America
Authors: Estrada-Mejía, Catalina; Forero-Pineda, Clemente
In defense of the reference: more than linking in evolving Web environments
Author: Anderson-Wilk, Mark
Article 50 million: an estimate of the number of scholarly articles in existence
Author: Jinha, Arif E.
Book Reviews (FREE)
Report and Recommendations from the Scholarly Publishing Roundtable
Authors: Campbell, Bob; Willinsky, John; Anderson, Rick
Evaluating Electronic Resource Programmes and Provision: Case Studies from Africa and Asia
Author: Mlambo-Thata, Buhle
Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis; from the Science Citation Index to Cybermetrics
Author: Singleton, Alan
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More
Author: Markwood, Priscilla S.
Content Licensing: Buying and Selling Digital Resources
Author: Albitz, Becky
Measuring Academic Research: How to Undertake a Bibliometric Study
Author: Craig, Iain D.
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