MORE 'OPEN-ACCESS' POSTS
From Springer: Springer is bringing Open Choice, its hybrid open access option, into line with the fully open access journals published by BioMed Central and SpringerOpen. As a result, all open access content at Springer will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license. In 2004, the hybrid open access option Open Choice was […]
From the Wikimedia Foundation Blog: Last year was a big one for Wikipedia, rounding out an incredible decade of growth and impact around the world. Over 450 parties took place across virtually every continent, and the world had an amazing storyto tell. Just a year later and we’ve already seen more milestones achieved and records […]
New Journal: Springer Launches Interdisciplinary Open Access Journal SpringerPlus
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|From Springer: Springer’s new open access journal SpringerPlus is a further addition to the publishing company’s SpringerOpen portfolio, underlining its flexible publication strategy. It is the publisher’s first open access journal with a broad interdisciplinary approach covering the entire scientific spectrum. Papers from emerging areas of research are welcome. [Clip] SpringerPlus will feature interdisciplinary manuscripts […]
From the LITA Blog LITA is pleased to announce that Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) will become an open-access, electronic-only publication, beginning with the March 2012 issue (volume 31, issue 1). This change will help ensure the long-term viability of the journal by making it more accessible, more current, more relevant, and more environmentally friendly. […]
"From Stacks to the Web: the Transformation of Academic Library Collecting" (Preprint)
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|Title: “From Stacks to the Web: the Transformation of Academic Library Collecting Author: David W. Lewis Affiliation: Dean of the IUPUI Library Source: College and Research Libraries Abstract The existence of a ubiquitous and cheap worldwide communication’s network that increasingly makes documents easily and freely available will require a transformation of academic library collecting practice. […]
MIT Press Says AAPs Research Works Act News Release Does Not Reflect Its Position, Mission
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|Last week we pointed out that some members of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) might have issues/concerns with the Research Works Act (RWA) legislation. We asked if these organizations would leave the AAP or speak out against it. Today, Richard Poynder’s blog post, “MIT Press distances itself from Research Works Act” includes the following […]
ARL Responds to White House RFI on Public Access to Scholarly Publications (Full Text)
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|Update: Harvard U. has also posted their responses to the RFI The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has responded to eight questions from The White House that are found in the “Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting from Federally Funded Research” RFI. The responses were sent on January 8, 2012. From the ARL […]
Book Released Alert: No Shelf Required 2: Use and Management of Electronic Books", Edited by Sue Polanka
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|Congratulations to our friend and colleague, Sue Polanka (Wright St. University), on the release of No Shelf Required 2: Use and Management of Electronic Books.” from ALA Editions. Sue was also editor of the first NSR book and is the editor of the award-winning No Shelf Required blog. The book includes: Guidelines for performing traditional library […]
From the Alliance for Taxpayer Access: A new bill, The Research Works Act (H.R.3699), designed to roll back the NIH Public Access Policy and block the development of similar policies at other federal agencies, has been introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives. Co-sponsored by Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), it was introduced […]
A Quick Note on the Membership of the American Association of Publishers and the Research Works Act
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|Yesterday, after we posted Peter Suber’s ongoing report about about the “Research Works Act” (H.R. 3966) legislation that was filed in Congress before the holidays, we decided to take a quick look at the membership list of the American Association of Publishers. The AAP press released their support of the legislation a couple of weeks […]