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Statistics: Growth in Use of the CC-BY License by Selected Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association Members
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|From the OASPA: A total of 252,418 articles were published with the CC-BY license during the period shown [in chart]. Data was supplied by the following members of OASPA as number of CC-BY articles per year since implementation of the license by that publisher: BioMed Central (2000-2012 which includes SpringerOpen 2011-2012), Hindawi (2006-2012), PLOS (2003-2012), […]
Commentary: “Open Access and the Author-Pays Problem: Assuring Access for Readers and Authors in a Global Community of Scholars”
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|The following commentary appears in the latest issue of the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication. Title Open Access and the Author-Pays Problem: Assuring Access for Readers and Authors in a Global Community of Scholars Authors A. Townsend Peterson University of KansasFollow Ada Emmet Purdue UniversityFollow Marc L. Greenberg University of Kansas Source Journal of […]
Roundup: Obama Administration Releases Policy Memo To Increase Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research
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|Very big and exciting news from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. UPDATE: Meredith Schwartz has posted an LJ story about today’s announcement. From The White House Blog: The Obama Administration is committed to the proposition that citizens deserve easy access to the results of scientific research their tax dollars have paid for. That’s why, in a policy […]
OA: Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR) Legislation Introduced in U.S. Congress
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|Update (Feb. 21, 2013). Added link to Statement from ALA’s DC Office Update (Feb. 15, 2013): We’ve added links to statements by the Association of American Publishers and ACRL at the bottom of this post. From infojustice.org: Today the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research ACT (FASTR) was introduced in both the House and […]
New Guide to Peer Reviewed Launched in U.S.; Produced and Distributed With Help From Many Scholarly Publishers
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|From the UK’s “Sense About Science” Organization: A new guide to peer review is launched in the US today to help the public make sense of research claims. People are bombarded with claims in newspapers and on the internet that are based on scientific studies. When faced with a headline that suggests an Alzheimer’s drug […]
NISO Launches New Initiative to Develop Standard for Open Access Metadata and Indicators
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|From a National Information of Standards Organization (NISO) Announcement: The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) voting members have approved a new project to develop standardized bibliographic metadata and visual indicators to describe the accessibility of journal articles as well as potentially describe how “open” the item is. Many offerings are available from publishers under the […]
In a PLOS Blog post, Liz Allen shares details about, “a number of tools and services to unlock the full potential of the data that currently exists in the Figures and Supporting Information files of our journals but has to this point been just beyond easy reach.” Allen provides details about: An expanded relationship Dryad […]
From the PLOS Blog: On the eve of our tenth anniversary, we’re pleased to announce that the redesign of all PLOS journals is now live. The three goals of this initiative were to: Ensure that readers can quickly assess the relevance and importance of an article through a figure browser and highly visible Article-Level Metrics […]
New Article: “Research Blogging: Indexing and Registering the Change in Science 2.0”
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|The following article was published on the PLOS One web site on December 12, 2012. Title Research Blogging: Indexing and Registering the Change in Science 2.0 Authors Sibele Fausto Escola de Comunicações e Artes, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil Fabio A. Machado Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil Luiz Fernando J. Bento Instituto […]
PLOS, SPARC, and OASPA Release Final Version of Open Access Spectrum Guide
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|Just in time Open Access Week! From a PLOS Blog Post: In preparation for Open Access Week (October 22-28), we are issuing the final version today so that people can download and print it for their use next week and beyond. This resource outlines the core components of open access (e.g., reader rights, reuse rights, copyrights, […]