Libraries

As downloads of free scholarly books soar, what's getting read?

When historians seek to understand historical matters, asks Gerald R. Beasley, where will they turn for information about the deleted accounts of fake news that may have influenced those events?

Moving thousands of scholarly treasures out of the fine arts library at UT Austin has faculty members riled. Should a maker space and other meeting areas replace the stacks?

British universities protest, and publisher drops plan for extra charges for articles more than 20 years old.

The consortium, which recently declared bankruptcy, may have found a white knight to continue the work of its Horizon Project.

A widely shared article declaring libraries and archives to be among the fastest-declining industries in America has been debunked.

The scholarly social media platform ResearchGate has reportedly started to take down large numbers of research papers shared in breach of copyright.