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Research Tools: Map Tracks Coronavirus Outbreak in Near Real Time, Downloadable Data Also Available
|From Johns Hopkins University: The Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering has built and is regularly updating an online dashboard for tracking the worldwide spread of the coronavirus outbreak that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Lauren Gardner, a civil engineering professor and CSSE’s co-director, spearheaded the effort to launch the mapping website on Wednesday. The […]
Roundup (November 19, 2019)
Awards, Dashboards, Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Open Access, Roundup
|Company of Biologists and Jisc Announce a Two-Year Pilot Transitional Open Access (OA) Agreement From January 2020 Dr. Mark Atwood Lawrence Named Director of the LBJ Presidential Library New Data Available in CHORUS Dashboards NISO Announces James G. Neal is Recipient of 2020 Miles Conrad Award Recipient Updates on OCLC Shared Print Infrastructure (via California […]
New Services: Say Hello to the Unpaywall Journals Dashboard
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Dashboards, Data Files, News, Open Access, Publishing
|Something new from the team that wonderful Unpaywall service. The service will formally launch next month. A link to learn more, join the wait list, etc. is at the bottom of this post. From the Our Research Blog: Unpaywall Journals is a data dashboard that combines journal-level citations, downloads, Open Access statistics and more, to […]
From WIPO: WIPO has launched its new IP Portal, a one-stop shop to the Organization’s full range of online intellectual property (IP) services. For users of WIPO’s IP services for patents, trademarks and industrial designs, the IP Portal will provide greater consistency in how they interact with WIPO, while maintaining the underlying business processes. [Clip] […]
Institutional Repositories: Users of Penn State “ScholarSphere” Now Provided With Monthly Research Impact Reports
Dashboards, Data Files, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Reports
|From Penn St. University: Effective Sept. 1, users of ScholarSphere, Penn State’s institutional repository service, will receive monthly reports detailing the impact of the research products they have contributed, including preprints, posters, data sets, research software and other open-access scholarly products. Users will be provided updated statistics on the number of new downloads of their works […]
The Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) and Wiley Announce a Two-Year Open Access Agreement
Academic Libraries, Dashboards, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Publishing
|From VIVA: In its ongoing efforts to design innovative and sustainable approaches to library subscription models, VIVA is pleased to announce a new pilot program in partnership with Wiley. The first of its kind in North America, the VIVA Wiley agreement includes both Open Access publishing funds and journal subscriptions. This comprehensive approach allows researchers […]
“Proposal For a Standard Article Metrics Dashboard to Replace the Journal Impact Factor” by David Lewis
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Dashboards, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
|From the Introduction of a New Paper by David Lewis (Dean Emeritus, IUPUI University Library): As I noted in an earlier working paper, the journal impact factor, though it is widely understood to be deeply flawed, remains in use because it is a simple way on passing judgement on the quality of a recently published […]
Acquisitions: Atypon Acquires RedLink
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Dashboards, Data Files, Libraries, News, Publishing
|From Atypon: Atypon, the technology leader in the scholarly publishing market, has acquired RedLink, the provider of key data and insights for academic publishers, libraries, and consortia. RedLink’s portfolio includes Remarq, the popular article-sharing, commenting, and annotation platform for researchers. RedLink’s data and engagement products, Library Dashboard, Publisher Dashboard, SiteLeads, and Remarq, are a natural […]
A Duke University Library Research Project: “Data Sciencing Our Journal Subscriptions”
Academic Libraries, Dashboards, Data Files, Elsevier, Libraries, News, Open Access, Publishing
|From the Duke University Libraries Bitstreams Blog: Last fall, Duke University Libraries decided to propose a project for Duke’s Data+ summer program – a summer research experience in data science for undergraduate students. Our project, “Breaking the Bundle: Analyzing Duke’s Journal Subscriptions“, focuses on Duke’s subscriptions to journals published by Elsevier. The program is in its third […]
OhioLINK Creates Central Fund for Open Access Publications with Wiley
Dashboards, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Publishing
|From a Joint Announcement: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. and OhioLINK, a library consortium serving 118 libraries and 89 Ohio colleges and universities, announced today the signing of a Wiley Open Access Account agreement. A Wiley Open Access Account will enable OhioLINK-affiliated researchers to use a central fund for Article Publication Charges (APC). [Clip] Piloting […]