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Weekly News Digest
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July 19, 2022 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today. For other up-to-the-minute news, check out ITI’s Twitter account: @ITINewsBreaks.
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Findings From Ithaka S+R's Latest U.S. Faculty Survey
Taylor & Francis shared the results of Ithaka S+R’s U.S. Faculty Survey 2021, which Taylor & Francis sponsored. There were nearly 8,000 respondents, 45% of whom are professors. Associate professors, assistant professors, adjunct professors, lecturers, and other instructors also answered the survey.Its findings include that “[s]eventy percent of faculty aged 22 to 44 said they would like the traditional, subscription-based, publication model shifted to an open access model compared with 63 percent of faculty in the 44 to 54 age group and 57 percent of faculty in the 65 and older age group. ... Mostly faculty in the social sciences and sciences have this sentiment, compared to peers in other academic disciplines, the survey states.” In addition, “faculty members continue to be interested in an open access publication model and see their library as key in financially supporting open access infrastructure.” For more information, read the news item.
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