MORE 'OPEN-ACCESS' POSTS
Open Access: Milestones: Public Library of Science (PLoS) Publishes Its 50,000th Research Articles
|From The PLOS Blog: PLoS is delighted to announce that our 50,000th research article was recently published. To everyone who has contributed to this achievement – from our authors, editors, and reviewers to our staff, board, and advocates at large– we’d like to offer a well-deserved thank you. [Clip] We still have a lot of […]
42 Scholars File Amicus Brief in Authors Guild v. HathiTrust
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Open Access
|Along with the new Library Copyright Alliance amicus brief in AG v. HT, two law professors and a digital humanities expert have filed an amicus brief with the court. The brief is signed by a total of 42 scholars from a number of disciplines. Authors Matthew L. Jockers Department of English, University of Nebraska Matthew […]
Conference Paper: Information “Lost and Found” – New Models for Library Reference Service
Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Open Access, Public Libraries
|The following paper will be presented at the upcoming World Library and Information Congress, 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly that will take place in Helsinki this August. Title Information “Lost and Found” – new models for library reference service Author Rauha Maarno Editor-in-Chief for the HelMet Web Library Helsink, FInland Source 78th IFLA General […]
Digital Preservation: University of California Curation Center/CDL Releases Unified Digital Format Registry (UDFR)
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Preservation
|From a U. of California Digital Library Blog Post by Stephen Abrams: A deep understanding of digital formats is necessary to support the long-term preservation of digital assets, as it facilitates the preservation of the information content of those assets, rather than just their bit stream representations. A format is the set of syntactic and […]
From a Wiley Announcement: John Wiley & Sons announced today that its open access option for individual journal articles, OnlineOpen, will be available to authors in 81% of the journals it publishes. OnlineOpen gives authors the option to publish an open access paper in their journal of choice where it will benefit from maximum impact. […]
From Wiley: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced today the creation of a new role to lead open access. Rachel Burley has been appointed to the position of Vice President and Director, Open Access. In this new role Rachel will lead all aspects of the growth and development of open access publishing at Wiley. Working […]
Wellcome Trust Strengthens its Open Access Policy
Awards, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Journal Articles, Open Access, Publishing, Reports
|From The Wellcome Trust: The Wellcome Trust today announces that it will be strengthening the manner in which it enforces its open access policy with immediate effect. Failure to comply with the policy could result in final grant payments being withheld and non-compliant publications being discounted when applying for further funding. The Wellcome Trust is […]
Released today in the UK by JISC and the British Library. From a BL News Release with Highlights From Findings: Research students need more face-to-face and informal support tailored to their own subject area to help them embrace open web technologies and social media fully, according to the UK’s largest study of doctoral students commissioned […]
Conference Paper: Innovation and experimentation in scholarly publishing: Web 2.0 features in Open Access journals
Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Publishing, Reports
|The following paper will be presented at the upcoming World Library and Information Congress, 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly that will take place in Helsinki this August. Title Innovation and experimentation in scholarly publishing: Web 2.0 features in Open Access journals Author Maria Cassella University of Turin Source IFLA General Conference 2012 Web Site […]
New Resource to Help Discover Data Sets: Thomson Reuters Begins Previewing Data Citation Index
Associations and Organizations, Conference Presentations, Data Files, News, Open Access
|Thomson Reuters will be providing preview of Data Citation Index (at ALA. Here’s a bit of info about the product that’s scheduled to launch later in 2012. Data Citation Index will be part of the Web of Knowledge platform. …Data Citation Index, an upcoming research resource within the Web of Knowledge [is designed] to facilitate […]