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Research information


February/March 2020 l Issue 106


Leader: Tim Gillett Let’s twist again


An ever-changing landscape


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From artificial intelligence to transparency, peer review’s journey is full of twists and turns, reports Rebecca Pool


Open Book: a librarian’s view 10


Anna Seiffert reflects on the need to communicate the collection’s budget to admin and faculty


Collaborating for change 12


Adrian Stanley reflects on his time in the industry and as president of the Society for Scholarly Publishing


Aligning with sustainable development goals?


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Haseeb Md. Irfanullah looks at the role for Bangladesh libraries in driving the country’s evolution


Tech Focus: Scholarly videos 16


Latest developments in the use of the media in academic publishing CISPC2019 reviewed


Four pages looking back at November’s Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle (CISPC) event in London


News


A radiance of reports from around the industry


Events 28


Important news from APE 2020, and a look forward to the 42nd SSP annual meeting and the Open Athens Access Lab event


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At the small but perfectly-formed APE 2020 conference in Berlin this month, change and collaboration were very much on the menu. Representatives from across the industry came together in the bullet- riddled Leibniz Hall, in the Berlin- Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, bringing different perspectives on how to tackle key issues and make progress – and to identify new opportunities for players across the industry. A key part of the move towards


open science is in peer review, and on page 4 of this issue, Rebecca Pool looks at the latest twists and turns in the field. Transparency in peer review appears to be a key aim for most players – but embracing transparency isn’t necessarily straightforward. Many publishers have historically faced practical difficulties to adopt such models, hindered by complex and established journal workflows. One particularly striking


presentation at APE was around the subject of sustainable development goals – and in this issue of Research Information Haseeb Irfanullah looks at the role of Bangladesh’s libraries as the country aims to evolve in a sustainable way. We are also delighted to present


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an interview with Digital Science’s Adrian Stanley, who – having returned from a trip to Australia, where he witnessed the catastrophic bush fires – argues that those in the scholarly communications industry should be working together to better support our planet and the pressing challenges it is facing.


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