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Public Library of Science (PLOS) and Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) Announce Community Action Publishing (CAP) Agreement
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|From a Joint Announcement (via PLOS): The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced an agreement for CRKN members to participate in PLOS’ Community Action Publishing (CAP) program, a new collective action publishing model from PLOS, enabling 19 participating CRKN institutions to publish fee-free in PLOS Medicine and […]
The following article was recently published by PLOS One. Title Documenting Contributions to Scholarly Articles Using CRediT and tenzing Authors Alex O. HolcombeUniversity of Sydney, Australia Marton KovacsEotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary Frederik AustUniversity of Cologne, Cologne, GermanyUniversity of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Balazs AczelEotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary Source PLoS ONE 15(12): e0244611 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244611 […]
The article linked to below was recently published by PLOS One. Title A Science Impact Framework to Measure Impact Beyond Journal Metrics Authors Mary D. Ari Centers for Disease Control and Prevention John Iskander Centers for Disease Control and Prevention John Araujo Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Christine Casey Centers for Disease Control and […]
New Data: Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) Members’ Output Continues to Grow, as Does the Use of CC BY Licenses
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|From an Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) Blog Post by Dan Pollock, Chief Digital Officer, Delta Think: The volume of publications from OASPA members continues to grow. Just under 2.1 million articles were published by members in the period 2000-2019. Over 425,000 of these were published in 2019, representing a growth of around 17% […]
Creative Commons Announces Several Improvements to the CC Search Browser Extension Facebook Sued For ‘Weaponizing’ Consumer Data To Squelch Competition (via Media Post) PLOS One Introducing Two New Article Types in 2021: Lab Protocols and Study Protocols Portico Access Alert: Two Open Access E-Journals From UCL Institute Of Education Press State of Mozilla 2019-2020: Annual […]
Journal Article: “Can Scholarly Pirate Libraries Bridge the Knowledge Access Gap? An Empirical Study on the Structural Conditions of Book Piracy in Global and European Academia”
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|The following article was recently published by PLOS One. Title “Can Scholarly Pirate Libraries Bridge the Knowledge Access Gap? An Empirical Study on the Structural Conditions of Book Piracy in Global and European Academia” Authors Balázs Bodó Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam Dániel Antal Independent Researcher, Netherlands Zoltán Puha Tilburg University Source PLOS […]
SPARC Executive Director Heather Joseph Will Be Recipient of NISO’s 2021 Miles Conrad Award
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|Ed. Note: A big congrats to infoDOCKET friend Heather Joseph! Kudos to NISO on the selection. From NISO: National Information Standards Organization (NISO) today announced that Heather Joseph, Executive Director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), will be the recipient of the 2021 Miles Conrad Award, a lifetime achievement award for those […]
Iowa State University Library Shares a Collection of Agreements with Scholarly Publishers
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|If you have an interest in reviewing the agreements libraries negotiate with publishers you might want to take a look at small collection of these documents that Iowa State University Library makes available via the ISU Digital Repository. Each of these documents include some pricing information. Here’s what’s currently available in the collection: Association of […]
Stefanie Haustein wins uOttawa Library Open Scholarship Award
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|From a Scholcomm Lab Blog Post: “I am convinced that openness and transparency make research outputs and outcomes better,” says Stefanie Haustein when asked what motivates her to practice open scholarship. “Knowledge produced by the scholarly community should be open to all, not hidden behind paywalls.” The ScholCommLab co-director has been practising open research just […]
The following article was recently published by PLOS One. Title Peer Review and Preprint Policies are Unclear at Most Major Journals Authors Tony Ross-Hellauer Graz University of Technology, Austria Thomas KlebelStefan ReichmannJessica PolkaGary McDowellNaomi PenfoldSamantha Hindle Source PLoS ONE 15(10): e0239518DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239518 Abstract Clear and findable publishing policies are important for authors to choose appropriate […]