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U.S. Congress: Library Organizations, Others Send Letter to Sen. Schumer and Speaker Pelosi Re: Legislation to Provide Free Access to Publicly-Funded Research
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Open Access, PLOS, Public Libraries, Publishing
The letter (below) to Sen. Charles Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is signed by the following organizations: American Library Association Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries Association of College & Research Libraries Association of Research Libraries Association of Southeastern Research Libraries Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions Creative Commons Electronic Frontier Foundation Greater Western […]
PLOS Launches New Experimental Feature to Promote Data Sharing and Access
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Libraries, News, Open Access, PLOS, Public Libraries
From a PLOS Announcement: The Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced that it is testing a new experimental open science feature intended to promote data sharing and reuse across the PLOS journal portfolio. A subset of PLOS articles that link to shared research data in a repository will now display a prominent visual cue […]
The article/perspective linked below was recently published by PLOS Biology. Title Correction of Scientific Literature: Too Little, Too Late! Authors Lonni Besançon Monash University, Australia Elisabeth Bik Harbers Bik LLC, San Francisco James Heathers Cipher Skin, Denver, Colorado Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz University of Wollongong, Australia Source PLoS Biol (PLOS Biology) 20(3): e3001572 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001572 Abstract The […]
Roundup (February 23, 2022)
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Academia.edu Announces $23 Million in Series D Funding Led by Tencent Jisc and OCLC Agreement to Provide Libraries With Improved Access to Cataloguing Services and Records PLOS Announces New Publishing Agreement With the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries Springer Nature Announces New or Renewed Transformative Agreements in Austria, Italy, and Netherlands Upcoming Event (March 8, […]
New Publication: MPS in Publishing Program at George Washington University Announces Inaugural Issue of “GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing”
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From GWU: The Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Publishing program, George Washington University, is pleased to announce the inaugural issue of the GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing. This new online journal is managed by students in the MPS in Publishing program, and led by Editor-in-Chief Randy Townsend, Director of Publishing Operations, PLOS, and […]
Roundup (February 15, 2022)
| Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Open Access, PLOS, Publishing, Roundup
Digital Trends 2022: Dynamic Interplay of Metaverse, Tech Fatigue and Creating New Meaningful Connections Online (via ZBW Media Talk) ‘Don’t Be Google’: The Rise of Privacy Focused Startups (via AFP/France24) Former ALA President Maureen Sullivan and Former ALA President and Treasurer Jim Neal Receive ALA’s Highest Honor Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Funds the Preprint […]
The article linked below was recently published by PLoS ONE. Title The Impact of Hyperlinks, Skim Reading and Perceived Importance When Reading on the Web Authors Lewis T. Jayes University of Surrey Gemma Fitzsimmons University of Southampton Mark J. Weal University of Southampton Johanna K. Kaakinen University of Turku, Turku, Finland Denis Drieghe University of […]
Publishing: “Scholarly Journals: A Modest Proposal”
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From an EDUCAUSE Review Article by Professor Paul Gandel, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University: Despite rising costs, open hostility to the practices (and pricing) of academic publishers, and OA advocacy movements, little has changed since the 1990s. Although there is widespread support for OA in the academic community, the large for-profit publishers have remained […]
The article linked below was recently published by PLOS One. Title More Journal Articles and Fewer Books: Publication Practices in the Social Sciences in the 2010’s Authors William E. Savage Academic Analytics Research Center (AARC) Anthony J. Olejniczak Academic Analytics Research Center (AARC) Source PLoS ONE 17(2): e0263410 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263410 Abstract The number of scholarly […]
Journal Article: “Examining Linguistic Shifts Between Preprints and Publications” & Preprint Similarity Search Application Now Available
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The article linked below was recently published by PLOS Biology. Title Examining Linguistic Shifts Between Preprints and Publications Authors David N. Nicholson Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Vincent Rubinetti Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania University of Colorado School of Medicine Dongbo Hu Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Marvin Thielk […]
